Radiolaria, strewn mount, Miocene, HTI
Fossil material on microscope slide (26 x 76mm) with decorative label.
Mounted with high refractive index (refractive index > 1.7).
Very rare!
Age: Lower Miocene;
Locality: Jérémie, Département Grand'Anse, Haiti
This sample may contain several very rare radiolarian species, e.g. the following forms may be present:
Dorcadospyris ateuchus EHRENBERG synonym Ceratospyris ateuchus
Didymocyrtis prismatica HAECKEL synonym Pipettella prismatica
Didymocyrtis tubaria HAECKEL
Dipodospyris forcipata HAECKEL
Lychnocanium bipes RIEDEL
Cyrtocapsa pyrum HAECKEL
Calocyclas virginis HAECKEL
additional literature
- Riedel W.R., 1959, Oligocene and Lower Miocene. Radiolaria in Tropical Pacific Sediments. Micropaleontology Vol. 5 No. 3 pp.285-302
- Truan Y Luan, A. & Witt, O.N., 1888, The Diatomaceae of the Polycystine Chalk of Jeremie in Hayti, West Indies. Friedlander et Sohn, Berlin 24pp. 7pls.
- Möller, J.D., 1892, Polycystine marl of Jérrémie, Haiti (List of species contained in the collotype plates of Möller's Diatomaceae preparations)
Due to technical reasons, colors on photos may differ slightly from those of the original specimen.
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