Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Chromista
Subregnum: Harosa
Infraregnum: Heterokonta
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Subphylum: Khakista
Classis: Bacillariophyceae
Subclassis: Coscinodiscophycidae
Superordo: Biddulphianae
Ordo: Triceratiales
Familia: Triceratiaceae
Genus: Triceratium
Species: Triceratium kanayae
Varieties: T. k. var. kanayae – T. k. var. quadrilobata

Name

Triceratium kanayae Fenner (1984)
Holotype: Planche 1, figure 5 ; Hustedt Collection, Inst. f. Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Allemagne.
Type locality: São Paulo Plateau, off coast of Brazil, 28°17.22'S, 41°05.28'W (DSDP sample 356-6-3, 30-31 cm), Middle Eocene.

References

• FENNER Juliane (1984), « Eocene-Oligocene Planktic Diatom Stratigraphy in the Low Latitude and the High Southern Latitudes », Micropaleontology 30(4) : pp 319–342.