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Discoaster lodoensis
Discoaster lodoensis Bramlette, W.R. Riedel J. Paleontol., 28(4): 398. 24 Sep 1954
- Name
- Discoaster lodoensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Discoaster
- 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
- 398
- Year
- 1954
- Parent Taxon
- [Genus] Discoaster
- Fossil Status
- coccoliths (discoasters)
- Stratigraphy
- Eocene
- Location
- Lodo Gulch, Fresno County, California, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
- Diagnosis
- Asterolith stellate, consisting of usually six (occasionally five or, rarely, seven) rays which are joined in their proximal half or one-third. Free, distal portions of the rays tapering gradually to a sharp point, and curved, all in the same sense, in the plane of the body of the asterolith. Centrally, a stem or knob projects from one surface. On the same side of the asterolith as the stem, each ray is raised as a prominent ridge extending radially to one side of the median line: the other side of the asterolith is more nearly plane. Total diameter usually 14-24 microns.
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