Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)![]() | ||||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Quadrilateris imparidividuus A small, narrowly rectangular holococcolith formed from four thin blocks that are birefringent in XPL. |
Quadrilateris sp. Specimens which cannot be assigned to any established species |
Taxonomy:
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (fossil holococcoliths): Holococcolith genera only known from the fossil record
This taxon: Rectangular holococcoliths formed from four thin blocks that are birefringent in XPL.
Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: Quadrilateris *
Search data:
LITHS: holococcolith, quadrate, hollow, CA: bar, CROSS-POLARS: R-prominent, |
Lith size: 2->4µm; Segments: 4->4; |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): at top of NP19-20 zone (100% up, 34.4Ma, in Priabonian stage). Data source: Total of ranges of the species in this database
First occurrence (base): within NP15 zone (42.87-46.29Ma, base in Lutetian stage). Data source: Total of ranges of species in this database
Plot of occurrence data:
Varol, O. (1991). New Cretaceous and Tertiary Calcareous Nannofossils. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 182: 211-237. gsReferences:
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Quadrilateris compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 14-2-2025
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