Lophocyrtis aspera ( Ehrenberg, 1873 ) emend. Sanfilippo & Caulet 1998

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 : 39

Lophocyrtis aspera ( Ehrenberg, 1873) emend. Sanfilippo & Caulet 1998 ( Figs 11C ; 13A, F ; 15N )

Calocyclas asperum Ehrenberg, 1873: 266 ; 1875: taf. 8, fig. 15. — Petrushevskaya & Kozlova 1972: 548, pl. 28, figs 16-18. — Petrushevskaya & Kozlova 1979: 144, figs 389, 505-508. — Kozlova 1999: 153, pl. 35, fig. 6.

Lophocyrtis aspera emend. Sanfilippo & Caulet 1998: 14 , pl. 3B, figs 1, 2, 5-9.

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION. — Cosmopolite species.

STRATIGRAPHIC RANGE. — Middle Eocene to late Oligocene ( Sanfilippo & Caulet 1998); middle to late Eocene (this study).

Figures

FIG. 11. — Middle-early late Eocene Radiolarian association, Pirogovo Village, Well 510C, 44.0 m; A, B, Anthocyrtidium pupa Clark & Campbell, 1942; C, Lophocyrtis aspera (Ehrenberg, 1873); D, Clathrospyris sandellae Goll, 1980; E, Callimitra clavipes (Clark & Campbell, 1945); F, Heterosestrum formosum bispinum (Tochilina, 1972) emend.; G, Theocorys anaclasta Riedel & Sanfilippo, 1970; H, Axoprunum visendum (Kozlova, 1966); I, Lophocyrtis ex. gr. Calocyclas semipolita Clark & Campbell, 1942; J, K, Hexacontium sp.; L, Lychnocanium sp. B; M Lophocyrtis norvegiensis (Bjørklund & Kellogg, 1972); N, Lophocyrtis auriculaleporis (Clark & Campbell, 1942); O, Lychnocanium sp. A; P, Desmospyris ex. gr. anthocyrtoides Bütschli, 1882. Scale bar: 100 µm.

FIG. 13. — Middle Eocene Radiolarian association, Pirogovo Village, Well 510C, interval 44.0 m; A, F, Lophocyrtis aspera (Ehrenberg, 1873); B, O, Calocyclas talwanii Bjørklund & Kellogg, 1972; C, D, Anthocyrtidium pupa Clark & Campbell, 1942; E, I, L, Calocycletta sp. aff. virginis Haeckel, 1887; G, H, Lophocyrtis norvegiensis (Bjørklund & Kellogg, 1972); J, K, Lophocyrtis auriculaleporis (Clark & Campbell, 1942); M, Lophocyrtis sinitzini (Lipman, 1949) sensu Kozlova 1999; N, Phormocyrtis sp. aff. proxima Clark & Campbell, 1942. Scale bars: A-H, J-N, 100 mm; I, O, 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.