Nannotax3 - ntax_cenozoic - Pseudoemiliania lacunosa

Citation: Pseudoemiliania lacunosa Kamptner, 1963 ex Gartner, 1969

Basionym: Pseudoemiliania lacunosa Kamptner, 1963 ex Gartner, 1969

Synonyms:

= Ellipsoplacolithus lacunosus Kamptner 1963 (invalid but subsequently validated by Gartner 1969)
= Reticulofenestra lacunosa (Kamptner, 1963 ex Gartner, 1969) Young 1990 (alternative combination proposed since intergrades occur with R. minutula)
= Pseudoemiliania lacunosa (Gartner, 1969, ex Kamptner, 1963) var. lacunosa - combination used by de Kaenel et al, 1999
Ellipsoplacolithus exsectus Kamptner 1963 (invalid and not subsequently validated)
Coccolithites annulus Cohen, 1964 auctt (the original description is based on Ceratolithus cristatus heterococcoliths)
= Emiliania annula (Cohen, 1964) Bukry, 1971
Salisia kamptneri Varol 2004 = Vonsalisia kamptneri (Varol 2004) Varol 2019 [alternative name on assumption that P. lacunosa was invalid]

Taxonomic discussion: This species was invalid when originally described by Kamptner (1963), since he assigned it to a provisional genus - Ellipsoplacolithus. It was subsequently validated by Gartner (1969), when he assigned it to his new genus Pseudoemiliania. For an extended explanation of this see van Heck (1990).

Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Pseudoemiliania): With slits between some of the distal shield elements
This taxon: Circular to sub-circular with >12 slits, length >4µm

Coccoliths circular to sub-circular with >12 slits, length >4µm. Abundant in the Late Pliocene, but well-developed, large, circular forms only occur in the Pleistocene.

Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): at top of NN19 zone (100% up, 0.4Ma, in Ionian stage). Data source: zonal marker, e.g. Young 1998
First occurrence (base): within NN15 zone (3.70-3.92Ma, base in Zanclean stage). Data source: Young 1998

References:

Bukry, D. (1971d). Coccolith stratigraphy, Leg 7 DSDP. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 7: 1513-1518. gs

Cohen, C. L. D. (1964). Coccolithophorids from two Caribbean deep-sea cores. Micropaleontology. 10(2): 231-250. gs

Gartner, S. (1969b). Correlation of Neogene planktonic foraminifera and calcareous nannofossil zones. Transactions of the Gulf-Coast Association of Geological Societies. 19: 585-599. gs

Kamptner, E. (1963). Coccolithineen-Skelettreste aus Tiefseeablagerungen des Pazifischen Ozeans. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 66: 139-204. gs O

Matsuoka, H. & Okada, H. (1989). Quantitative analysis of Quaternary nannoplankton in the subtropical Northwestern Pacific Ocean. Marine Micropaleontology. 14: 97-118. gs

Müller, C. (1979). Calcareous nannofssils from the North Atlantic (Leg 48). Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 48: 589-639. gs

Salomon, R. (1999). The Calcite Palace. Website - https://ina.tmsoc.org/galleries/CalcitePalace/index.htm. -. gs

Samtleben, C. (1978). Pliocene-Pleistocene coccolith assemblages from Sierra Leone Rise - Site 366, Leg 41. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 41(16): 913-931. gs

van Heck, S. E. (1990). On the validity of Pseudoemiliania lacunosa Kamptner 1963 ex Gartner 1967. INA Newsletter. 12(2): 11-12. gs

Varol, O. (2004). Salisia n.g. – a new Pliocene-Pleistocene coccolith genus. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte. 2004(2): 119-128. gs

Varol, O. (2019). Vonsalisia Varol nom nov pro Salisia Varol 2004 non Lindley 1839. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 291(2): 229-230. gs

Young, J. R. (1990). Size variation of Neogene Reticulofenestra coccoliths from Indian Ocean DSDP cores. Journal of Micropalaeontology. 9: 71-86. gs

Young, J. R. (1998). Neogene. In, Bown, P. R. (ed.) Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy. British Micropalaeontological Society Publication Series . 225-265. gs

Missing or ambiguous references: de Kaenel et al. 1999;

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