Lithomelissa spongiosa Bütschli, 1882

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 : 37

Lithomelissa spongiosa Bütschli, 1882 ( Figs 12C ; 15I )

Lithomelissa spongiosa Bütschli, 1882b: 517 , taf. 33, fig. 25.

Lithomelissa mitra Chen, 1975: 458 , pl. 8, figs 4, 5.

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. — Barbados, Antarctic, Voronesh Anticline.

STRATIGRAPHIC RANGE. — Eocene, Barbados ( Bütschli 1882a, b); Oligocene, Antarctic ( Chen 1975); middle to latest 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. 15. — Middle-early late Eocene Radiolarian association, Sergeevka Village, outcrop 1, interval 14.3-15.5 m; A, Periphaena sp. aff. Heliodiscus hexasteriscus Clark & Campbell, 1942; B, Petalospyris sp.; C, D, Thecosphaera sp. A; E, Phacodiscinus (?) sp.; F, G, Actinommura sp. B; H, Lophocyrtis ex. gr. Theocyrtis andriashevi (Petrushevskaya, 1979); I, Lithomelissa spongiosa Bütschli, 1882; J, K, Ceratocyrtis sp. aff. Helotholus amplus Popofsky, 1908 or Tripodiscinus (?) sp.; L, Phormocyrtis sp. aff. ligulata Clark & Campbell; M, Thecosphaera sp. B; N, Lophocyrtis aspera (Ehrenberg, 1873); O, P, Periphaena heliasteriscus (Clark & Campbell, 1942). Scale bars: 100 µm.