Nannotax

Sphenolithaceae

Tue, 02/12/2008 - 21:21

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Description

  • Citation: 
    FAMILY SPHENOLITHACEAE DEFLANDRE, 1952

    Monogeneric family of extinct nannofossils of uncertain affinities. Sphenoliths first appear in the Palaeocene and go extinct in the mid Pliocene. See genus Sphenolithus for longer discussion.

Images

  • Sp belemnos CP
  • Sp abies CP
  • Sp heteromorphosus LMs
  • delphix.jpg
  • hetromorphosus.jpg
  • capricornutus.jpg
Scratchpads developed and conceived by: Vince Smith, Simon Rycroft & Dave Roberts