Ceratocyrtis charlestonensis ( Clark & Campbell, 1945 )

Popova, Irina M., Baumgartner, Peter O., Guex, Jean, Tochilina, Svetlana V. & Glezer, Zoya I., 2002, Radiolarian biostratigraphy of Paleogene deposits of the Russian Platform (Voronesh Anticline), Geodiversitas 24 (1), pp. 7-59 : 27

Ceratocyrtis charlestonensis ( Clark & Campbell, 1945) ( Figs 12A ; 14T )

Lithomelissa charlestonensis Clark & Campbell, 1945: 37 , pl. 7, figs 45, 46.

Pseudodictyophimus sp. C – Hull 1996: 140, pl. 7, figs 7, 10.

Pseudodictyophimus charlestonensis – Kozlova 1999: 117, pl. 28, fig. 10; pl. 30, fig. 4; pl. 44, figs 10, 13.

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. — California, Norwegian-Greenland Sea, Voronesh Anticline.

STRATIGRAPHIC RANGE. — Middle Eocene ( Clark & Campbell 1945; Blueford & White 1984; Blueford 1988); late early Oligocene ( Hull 1996); middle Eocene ( Kozlova 1999); early to middle Eocene (this study).

Figures

FIG. 12. — Middle Eocene Radiolarian association, Pirogovo Village, Well 510C, interval 44.0 m (except 8: 730C, 44.3 m); A, Ceratocyrtis charlestonensis (Clark & Campbell, 1945); B, E, F, Ceratocyrtis sp. aff. stigi (Bjørklünd, 1976); C, Lithomelissa spongiosa Bütschli, 1882; D, N, Giraffospyris didiceros (Ehrenberg, 1875); G, Patagospyris morkleyensis (Clark & Campbell, 1942); H, K, Giraffospyris sp. aff. didiceros (Ehrenberg, 1875); I, J, Petalospyris tumidula Kozlova, 1966; L, M, Peripyramis magnifica (Clark & Campbell, 1942) sensu Kozlova 1999; O, Heterosestrum formosum (Tochilina, 1970), saggittal view. Scale bars: 50 µm.

FIG. 14. — A-I, Early and middle Eocene Radiolaria; A, Desmospyris anthocyrtoides (Bütschli, 1882), o/p 1, interval 35.5-39.3 m; B, Desmospyris sp. aff. anthocyrtoides Bütschli, 1882, o/p 1, interval 35.5-39.3 m; C, D, Thecosphaera magnaporulosa (Clark & Campbell, 1942), Well 510C, interval 40.0 m; E, Trypansosphaera sp. aff. Conosphaera abstrusa Moksyakova, 1970, o/p 294/7, interval 9.3 m; F, Theocyrtis litos (Clark & Campbell, 1945), o/p 294/2, interval 4.2 m; G, Theocyrtis scolopax (Ehrenberg, 1875), o/p 294/1, interval 3.2 m; H, Tholospyris acuminata Hertwig, 1879, o/p 294/6, interval 8.3 m; I, Tripodiscium sp., o/p 294/7, interval 9.3 m; J-T, middle-early late Eocene Radiolarian association from Sergeevka Village, o/p 1, interval 35.5-39.3m; J, Phormocyrtis sp. aff. embolum (Ehrenberg, 1873); K, Calocyclas extensa contracta Clark & Campbell, 1942; L, Druppatractus trichopterus Clark & Campbell, 1942; M, Pterocodon lex Sanfilippo & Riedel, 1979; N, Q, Ceratocyrtis stigi (Bjørklund, 1976); O, Amphisphaera megaxyphos megaxyphos (Clark & Campbell, 1942); P, Porodiscus sp.; R, S, Thecosphaera californica Clark & Campbell, 1942; T, Ceratocyrtis charlestonensis (Clark & Campbell, 1945). Scale bars: A, B, J-T, 100 mm; C-I, 50 µm.