Wiegand, George E. (1984): Two new genera of calcareous nannofossils from the Lower Jurassic

Leg/Site/Hole:
DSDP 79
Identifier:
1984-053045
georefid
Creator:
Wiegand, George E.
Fla. State Univ., Dep. Geol., Tallahassee, FL, United States
author
Identification:
Two new genera of calcareous nannofossils from the Lower Jurassic
1984
Journal of Paleontology
Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Tulsa, OK, United States
58
4
1151-1155
An investigation of Lower Jurassic samples from Deep-Sea Drilling Project Leg 79 Site 547B off Northwest Africa revealed two new genera of calcareous nannofossils. The new taxa described are Calcivascularis (type, C. jansae n. sp.) and Orthogonoides (type O. hamiltoniae n. sp.).--Modified journal abstract.
English
Serial
Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:75.0000
West:-80.0000East: 20.0000
South:-60.0000
Paleobotany; Africa; algae; Atlantic Ocean; Calcivascularis jansae; clastic rocks; claystone; Coccolithophoraceae; Deep Sea Drilling Project; DSDP Site 547B; IPOD; Jurassic; Leg 79; Lower Jurassic; Mesozoic; microfossils; Morocco; mudstone; nannofossils; new taxa; North Africa; Orthogonoides hamiltoniae; paleobotany; Plantae; sedimentary rocks; thallophytes;
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