Discoasteroides megastypa Bramlette & F.R.Sullivan 1961
Publication Details
Discoasteroides megastypa Bramlette & F.R.Sullivan 1961: 163, pl. 13: figs. 14a-d,15a-c (as 'megastypus')
Published in: Bramlette, M.N. & Sullivan, F.R. (1961). Coccolithophorids and related nannoplankton of the Early Tertiary in California. Micropaleontology 7(2): 129-174, 14 plates.
Request PDFPublication date: April 1961
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Discoasteroides is Discoasteroides kuepperi (Stradner) Bramlette & F.R.Sullivan.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Bomolithus megastypus (Bramlette & F.R.Sullivan) Bown.
Source of Synonymy
Bown, P.R. (2010). Calcareous nannofossils from the Paleocene/Eocene Thermal Maximum interval of southern Tanzania (TDP Site 14). Journal of Nannoplankton Research 31: 11-38.
Type Information
USA: California: Fresno Co.: Lodo Canyon. Paleocene; Lower Eocene.;
Fossil
Described as a fossil.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 06 September 2023
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Salvador Valenzuela Miranda in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 06 September 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 September 2024
