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Thiersteinia
Genus Thiersteinia S.W. Wise, D.K. Watkins in S.W. Wise Init. Repts Deep Sea Drilling Proj., 71: 509. Aug 1983
- Name
- Thiersteinia
- Rank
- Genus
- Authors (Name)
- Wise S. W., Jr.
Watkins D. K.
- Authors (Pub.)
- Wise S. W., Jr.
- Publication
- Mesozoic and Cenozoic calcareous nannofossils recovered by DSDP Leg 71 in the Falkland Plateau region, Southwest Atlantic Ocean [1983/8]
- Journal
- Initial reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project
- Volume
- 71
- Page number
- 509
- Year
- 1983
- Parent Taxon
- [Class] Prymnesiophyceae
- Fossil Status
- coccoliths
- Type
- Thiersteinia ecclesiastica
- Diagnosis
- A genus of the Arkhangelskielloidae characterized by a three-tiered Broinsonia-like margin and a perforated central area surmounted on the distal surface by a solid spine. The spine is supported by buttresses which form a cross along the major and minor axes of the central area.
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