Discoaster tribrachiatus Bramlette & Riedel 1954
Publication Details
Discoaster tribrachiatus Bramlette & Riedel 1954: 397, pl. 38: fig. 11
Published in: Bramlette, M.N. & Riedel, W.R. 1954 (1954). Stratigraphic value of discoasters and some other microfossils related to recent coccolithophores. Journal of Paleontology 28: 385-403.
Type Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Discoaster is Discoaster brouweri S.H.Tan.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Tribrachiatus orthostylus Shamrai.
Type Information
USA: California: Fresno County: Lodo Gulch. Lower Eocene.;
Fossil
Described as a fossil.
Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 16 November 2021
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 November 2021. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 April 2024
