arrayname: original
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (P. cretacea group): Elliptical Prediscophaera species with a diagonal cross
This taxon: Typical form, elliptical with diagonal cross but lacking other distinguishing features
Taxonomy:
Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: C. cretacea * , R. intercisus * , P. decorata * , P. cretacea lata * , D. catinus *
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (P. cretacea group): Elliptical Prediscophaera species with a diagonal cross
This taxon: Typical form, elliptical with diagonal cross but lacking other distinguishing features
Size:
LITHS: placolith, elliptical, CA: diagonal cross, process, ca_disjunct, CROSS-POLARS: V-prominent, rim-bicyclic, |
Lith size: 5->10µm; Segments: 16->16; Data source notes: original description & illustrated specimens |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): at top of Maastrichtian Stage (100% up, 66Ma, in Danian stage). Data source: Lees & Bown 2005 - consistently present to end Cret
First occurrence (base): within BC27c subzone (100.07-100.54Ma, base in Albian stage). Data source: Burnett 1998
Plot of occurrence data:
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Academy of Sciences of the USSR Paleontological Institute Scientific Council on the problem Evolutionary trends and patterns of animal and plant organisms. Nauka, . -. gs Sissingh, W. (1977). Biostratigraphy of Cretaceous calcareous nannoplankton. Geologie en Mijnbouw. 65(1): 37-65. gs Thibault, N. (2010). Calcareous nannofossils from the boreal Upper Campanian- Maastrichtian chalk of Denmark. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 31(1): 39-56. gs Thomsen, E. (1987). Lower Cretaceous calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy in the Danish Central Trough. Danmarks Geologiske Undersøgelse. 20: 1-89. gs Wind, F. H. & Wise, S. W. (1983). Correlation of upper Campanian-lower Maestrichtian calcareous nannofossil assemblages in drill and piston cores from the Falkland Plateau, southwest Atlantic Ocean. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 71: 551-563. gs Wise, S. W. & Wind, F. H. (1977). 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Prediscosphaera cretacea compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 16-3-2025
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[NB This comment refers to SEM images 88-2.jpg and US027.jpg in the collection at the top of the page - JRY March 2014]