Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (C. bidens group): Upper-tube cycle strongly developed; cross bars with complex construction, median exinction line
This taxon: Large to very large Chiasmolithus with broad centro-distal cycle, wide central area and straight, narrow, symmetrical diagonal bars, which join at a relatively acute angle along the minor axis.
Farinacci & Howe catalog pages:
T. oamaruensis *
| LITHS: placolith, elliptical, CA: ca_disjunct, diagonal cross, CSPH: equant, monomorphic, CROSS-POLARS: rim-bicyclic, V-prominent, R-prominent, |
| Lith size: 10->20µm; |
Geological Range:
Notes: Older stratigraphic range (NP16) has been reported at high southern latitudes (Persico & Villa, 2008, JNR).
Last occurrence (top): within NP22 zone (32.02-32.92Ma, top in Rupelian stage). Data source: Perch-Nielsen 1985b
First occurrence (base): at base of NP18 zone (0% up, 37.3Ma, in Priabonian stage). Data source: zonal marker (see Perch-Nielsen 1985)
Plot of occurrence data:
Bown, P. R. & Dunkley Jones, T. (2012). Calcareous nannofossils from the Paleogene equatorial Pacific (IODP Expedition 320 Sites U1331-1334). Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 32(2): 3-51. gs O De Kaenel, E. & Mojon, P. -O. (2023). Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Eocene/Oligocene boundary (Zones NP19–21) in the parautochthonous Subalpine UMM of the Swiss Molasse Basin (Canton Fribourg, Western Switzerland). Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 41(2): 64-96. gs O de Kaenel, E. & Villa, G. (1996). Oligocene-Miocene calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and paleoeecology from the Iberian Abyssal Plain. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results. 149: 79-145. gs O Deflandre, G. & Fert, C. (1954). Observations sur les coccolithophoridés actuels et fossiles en microscopie ordinaire et électronique. Annales de Paléontologie. 40: 115-176. gs Fioroni, C., Villa, G., Persico, D., Wise, S. W. & Pea, L. (2012). Revised middle Eocene-upper Oligocene calcareous nannofossil biozonation for the Southern Ocean. Revue de Micropaléontologie. 55(2): 53-70. gs Firth, J. V. & Wise, S. W. (1992). A preliminary study of the evolution of Chiasmolithus in the Middle Eocene to Oligocene of sites 647 and 748. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results. 120: 494-508. gs Hay, W. W., Mohler, H. P. & Wade, M. E. (1966). Calcareous nannofossils from Nal'chik (northwest Caucasus). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 59: 379-399. gs O MacKenzie, D. T. & Wise,S. W. (1983). Paleocene and Eocene calcareous nannofossils from Deep Sea Drilling Project Legs 25 and 40, South and East of Africa. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 71(2): 1141-1170. gs Perch-Nielsen, K. (1971c). Elektronenmikroskopische untersuchungen an Coccolithen und verwandten Formen aus dem Eozan von Danemark. Biologiske Skrifter, Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. 18(3): 1-76. gs O Perch-Nielsen, K. (1977). Albian to Pleistocene calcareous nannofossils from the Western South Atlantic, DSDP Leg 39. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 39: 699-823. gs O 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. gs Persico, D. & Villa, G. (2008). A new Eocene Chiasmolithus species: hypothetical reconstruction of its phyletic lineage. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 30(1): 23-33. gs Shamrock, J. L. & Watkins, D. K. (2012). Eocene calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and community structure from Exmouth Plateau, Eastern Indian Ocean (ODP Site 762). Stratigraphy. 9(1): 1-11. gs Varol, O. (1998). Palaeogene. In, Bown, P. R. (ed.) Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy. British Micropalaeontological Society Publication Series . 200-224. gs Wei, W. & Wise, S. W. (1990). Middle Eocene to Pleistocene calcareous nannofossils recovered by Ocean Drilling Program leg 113 in the Weddell Sea. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results. 113: 639-666. gs Wise, S. W. (1983). Mesozoic and Cenozoic calcareous nannofossils recovered by DSDP Leg 71 in the Falkland Plateau region, Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 71: 481-550. gs OReferences:

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Chiasmolithus oamaruensis compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 11-5-2026
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Comments (2)
Complete name of this species should be Chiasmolithus oamaruensis (Deflandre in Deflandre and Fert, 1954) Hay et al., 1966, to keep nannotax style.
yes - indeed. I've changed that now, thanks Jeremy