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Revision of Oolithotus antillarum from Thu, 31/01/2008 - 11:52

Mon, 04/08/2008 - 15:57 — Jeremy Young
Citation: 
Oolithotus antillarum (Cohen 1964) Reinhardt, in Cohen & Reinhardt 1968 [Discolithus]

Description: Small form, coccoliths 3-6μm; strongly asymmetric; proximal shield much smaller than distal, with sutures complexly kinked becoming pseudo-bicyclic; usually with deep, narrow depression on distal surface.

Remarks:

Synonym: O. fragilis var. cavum (Okada & McIntyre 1977) Jordan & Young 1990 [O. fragilis ssp. cavum] - see Kleijne (1993) for discussion, although our observations indicate wider size range for th species.

Range: Pliocene to Recent.

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