Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)![]() | Granddaughter taxa | ||||
| Braarudosphaera bigelowii Pentaliths pentagonal with sraight edges and flat top surface | |||||
| Braarudosphaera - Cenozoic | Braarudosphaera alta Braarudosphaera insecta Braarudosphaera magnei Braarudosphaera pentagonica Braarudosphaera perampla Braarudosphaera perversus Braarudosphaera sequela Braarudosphaera stylifera Braarudosphaera sp. | ||||
| Braarudosphaera - Cretaceous | Braarudosphaera amputans Braarudosphaera batilliformis Braarudosphaera pseudobatilliformis Braarudosphaera turbinea Braarudosphaera wendlerae Braarudosphaera africana Braarudosphaera sp. Cretaceous | ||||
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Braarudosphaeraceae): Coccospheres pentagonal dodecahedra formed of five pentagonal plates
This taxon: Pentaliths approximately pentagonal, sutures go to edges of pentagon.
Farinacci & Howe catalog pages:
Braarudosphaera * , Quinquerhabdus * , Eodiscoaster *
| Lith size: 2->21µm; Segments: 5->5; Coccosphere size: 4->42µm; Liths per sphere: 12->12 |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: Total of ranges of the species in this database
First occurrence (base): within Aptian Stage (113.20-121.40Ma, base in Aptian stage). Data source: Total of ranges of species in this database
Plot of occurrence data:
Bown, P. R., Rutledge, D. C., Crux, J. A. & Gallagher, L. T. (1998). Lower Cretaceous. In, Bown, P. R. (ed.) Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy. British Micropalaeontological Society Publication Series . 86-131. gs O Bukry, D. & Bramlette, M. N. (1969b). Some new and stratigraphically useful calcareous nannofossils of the Cenozoic. Tulane Studies in Geology. 7: 131-142. gs Deflandre, G. (1947a). Braarudosphaera nov. gen., type d'une famille nouvelle de Coccolithophorides actuels a elements composites. Comptes rendus hebdomaire de l'Académie des sciences, Paris. 225: 439-441. gs Martini, E. (1961). Nannoplankton aus dem Tertiär und der obersten Kreide von SW-Frankreich. Senckenbergiana Lethaea. 42: 1-32. gs Martini, E. (1971a). Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 46): Fossiles Nannoplankton. Senckenbergiana Lethaea. 52: 115-127. gs Perch-Nielsen, K. (1985). Cenozoic calcareous nannofossils. In, Bolli, H. M., Saunders, J. B. & Perch-Nielsen, K. (eds) Plankton Stratigraphy. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1): 427-555. gsReferences:

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Braarudosphaera compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 12-5-2026
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