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Discoaster tribrachiatus
Discoaster tribrachiatus Bramlette, W.R. Riedel J. Paleontol., 28(4): 397. 24 Sep 1954
- Name
- Discoaster tribrachiatus
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Discoaster
- Replaced Name
- Tribrachiatus orthostylus
- Authors (Pub.)
- Bramlette M. N.
Riedel W. R.
- Publication
- Stratigraphic value of discoasters and some other microfossils related to recent Coccolithophores [1954/9]
- Journal
- Journal of Paleontology
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 4
- Page number
- 397
- Year
- 1954
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Discoaster
- Fossil Status
- coccoliths
- Stratigraphy
- Eocene
- Location
- Lodo Gulch, Fresno County, California, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
- Diagnosis
- Asterolith triradiate, consisting of three subcylindrical, commonly slightly tapering rays which are bluntly truncate and with or without a small terminal notch. Rays generally bent like those of D. tani and D. brouweri. Total diameter usually 8-13 microns (the type specimen is unusually large).
