Original paper

New Cretaceous and Tertiary Calcareous Nannofossils

Varol, Osman

Abstract

During the routine examination of Cretaceous and Tertiary material from various part of the world, five genera and sixteen species have been recognised as new taxa and are described and illustrated here: The genera are Bifidalithus, Retemediaformis, Saepiovirgata, Quadrilateris and Tintinnabuliformis. The species are Bifidalithus geminicatillus, Birkelundia biparteoperculata, B. mediaperforate, Chiastozygus curvus, Gartnerago clarusora, G. chiasta, Helicosphaera inversasera, Micrantholithus? parvistellatus, Quadrilateris imparidividuus, Reinhardtites clavicaviformis, Retemediaformis teneraretis, Saepiovirgata biferula, Scyphosphaera decedomurale, Tintinnabuliformis bicornus, T. unicorn and Zeugrhabdotus obliqueclausus.

Kurzfassung

Bei Routine-Untersuchung von Kreide- und Tertiär-Proben aus verschiedenen Gebieten der Erde sind fünf Gattungen und sechs Arten als neu erkannt worden: Gattungen: Bifidalithus, Retemediaformis, Saepiovirgata, Quadrilateris und Tintinnabuliformis. Arten: Bifidalithus geminicatillus, Birkelundia biparteoperculata, B. mediaperforate, Chiastozygus curvus, Gartnerago clarusora, G. chiasta, Helicosphaera inversasera, Micrantholithus? parvistellatus, Quadrilateris imparidividiuus, Reinhardtites clavicaviformis, Retemediaformis teneraretis, Saepiovirgata biferula, Scyphosphaera decedomurale, Tintinnabuliformis bicornus, T. unicorn und Zeugrhabdotus obliqueclausus.

Keywords

Cretaceous • Bifidalithus • Retemediaformis • Saepiovirgata • Quadrilateris • Tintinnabuliformis