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Discoaster
Temporal range: Paleocene–Pliocene[1]
Discoaster surculus, about 15 μm across Scientific classification Kingdom: Chromalveolata Division: Haptophyta Class: Prymnesiophyceae Order: Coccosphaerales Family: Coccolithaceae Genus: Discoaster
Tan Sin Hok, 1931Discoaster is a genus of fossil haptophytes.
Species
Some species in this genus include:[2] [3]
- D. asymmetricus Gartner
- D. bellus Bukry and Percival
- D. berggrenii Bukry
- D. bollii Martini and Bramlette
- D. brouweri Bramlette and Riedel
- D. calcaris Gartner
- D. exilis Martini and Bramlette
- D. hamatus Martini and Bramlette
- D. intercalaris Bukry
- D. loeblichii Bukry
- D. neohamatus Bukry and Bramlette
- D. neorectus Bukry
- D. pentaradiatus (Tan) Bramlette and Riedel
- D. quintatus Gartner
- D. surculus Martini and Bramlette
- D. toralus Ellis, Lohmann and Wray
- D. triradiatus Tan
- D. variabilis Martini and Bramlette
References
- ^ Bukry, David (1971). "Discoaster Evolutionary Trends". Micropaleontology (The Micropaleontology Project, Inc.) 17 (1): 43. doi:10.2307/1485036. JSTOR 1485036
- ^ Raffi, I; C. Mozzato, E. Fornaciari, F. J. Hilgen, and D. Rio (Spring, 2003). "Late Miocene Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy and Astrobiochronology for the Mediterranean Region". Micropaleontology (The Micropaleontology Project, Inc.) 49 (1): 1–26. doi:10.1661/0026-2803(2003)049[0001:LMCNBA]2.0.CO;2.
- ^ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Discoaster". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/detail/?genus_id=45430. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
Categories:- Chromalveolate stubs
- Haptophytes
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