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Quadrilateris


Classification: ntax_cenozoic -> Holococcoliths -> fossil holococcoliths -> Quadrilateris
Sister taxa: Daktylethra, Holodiscolithus, Lanternithus, Multipartis, Octolithus, Quadrilateris, Semihololithus, Varolia, Youngilithus, Zygrhablithus ⟩⟨ Aubrysphaera, Corannulus, Orthozygus, Peritrachelina, Unidentified fossil holococcoliths

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:

Citation: Quadrilateris Varol, 1991
Taxonomic rank: genus
Type species: Quadrilateris imparidividuus Varol, 1991

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;
The morphological data given here can be used on the advanced search page. See also these notes

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:

References:

Varol, O. (1991). New Cretaceous and Tertiary Calcareous Nannofossils. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 182: 211-237. gs


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Quadrilateris compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 14-2-2025

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