Technical
Note 27:
Cenozoic Radiolarian Stratigraphy
Samples
(PDF)
List of samples:
Tropical radiolarian zonation
List of samples:
Middle latitude radiolarian zonation
Specimen locations: reference slides
(List below by zonal reference slide number. Also see Species
Descriptions.)
Buccinosphaera
invaginata (R1)
Collospheara tuberosa (R2)
Amphirhopalum ypsilon (R3)
Anthocyrtidium angulare (R4)
Pterocanium prismatium (R5)
Spongaster pentas (R6)
Stichocorys peregrina (R7, R8,
R9)
Didymocyrtis penultima (R10, R11)
Didymocyrtis antepenultima (R12, R13,
R14)
Diartus petterssoni (R15, R16)
Dorcadospyris alata (R17, R18,
R19)
Calocycletta costata (R20, R21)
Stichocorys wolffii (R22, R23)
Stichocorys delmontensis (R24, R25,
R26)
Cyrtocapsella tetrapera (R27)
Lychnocanoma elongata (R28, R29)
Dorcadospyris ateuchus (R30, R31,
R32)
Theocyrtis tuberosa (R33, R34,
R35)
Cryptocarpium ornatum (R36)
Calocyclas bandyca (R37)
Cryptocarpium azyx (R38)
Podocyrtis goetheana (R39)
Podocyrtis chalara (R40)
Podocyrtis mitra (R41)
Podocyrtis ampla (R42)
Thyrsocyrtis triacantha (R43)
Dictyoprora mongolfieri (R44)
Theocotyle cryptocephala (R45)
Phormocyrtis striata striata (R46)
Buryella clinata (R47)
Bekoma bidartensis (R48)
Bekoma campechensis (R49)
Artostrobium miralestensis (R50)
Axoprunum angelinum (R51)
Eucyrtidium matuyamai (R52)
Lamprocyrtis heteroporos (R53)
Sphaeropyle langii (R54)
Stichocorys peregrina (R55)
Didymocyrtis penultima (R56)
Didymocyrtis antepenultima (R57)
Diartus petterssoni (R58)
Dorcadospyris alata (R59)
Calocycletta costata (R60)
Zonal
Definitions (PDF)
Low latitude zonation:
Figure 1.
Figure 2.
Middle latitude zonation:
Figure 3.
Radiolarian events:
Descriptions of low latitude zones: (PDF)
Quaternary
Pliocene
Pliocene/Late Miocene
Late Miocene
Middle Miocene
Early Miocene
Oligocene
Late Eocene
Middle/Late Eocene
Middle Eocene
Early/Middle Eocene
Early Eocene
Early Eocene/Paleocene
Paleocene
Descriptions of middle latitude zones: (PDF)
Pleistocene
Pliocene
Late Miocene
Middle Miocene
Early Miocene
Ranges
and Ages (PDF)
Table 1. Ranges of low-latitude
Neogene radiolarian zones
Table 2. Ranges of low-latitude
Paleogene radiolarian zones
Table 3. Ranges of
middle-latitude Neogene radiolarian zones
Table 4. Absolute ages of some
low-latitude radiolarian events
Table 5. Low latitude
radiolarian events
Table 6. Middle latitude
radiolarian events
Radiolarian
Species Descriptions (PDF)
List of described species (alphabetical by genus):
Classification of described species: (PDF)
Species descriptions:
A section (PDF)
Acrobotrys tritubus
Amphirhopalum ypsilon
Anthocyrtidium angulare
Artophormis barbadensis
Artophormis gracilis
B section (PDF)
Bekoma bidartensis
Bekoma campechensis
Botryostrobus aquilonaris
Botryostrobus miralestensis
Buccinosphaera invaginata
Buryella clinata
Buryella pentadica
Buryella tetradica
C section (PDF)
Calocyclas bandyca
Calocyclas hispida
Calocyclas turris
Calocycletta caepa
Calocycletta cladara
Calocycletta costata
Calocycletta robusta
Calocycletta serrata
Calocycletta virginis
Calocycloma castum
Carpocanopsis bramlettei
Carpocanopsis cingulata
Carpocanopsis cristata
Carpocanopsis favosa
Centrobotrys gravida
Centrobotrys petrushevskayae
Centrobotrys thermophila
Collosphaera tuberosa
Cryptocarpium azyx
Cryptocarpium ornatum
Cyrtocapsella cornuta
Cyrtocapsella japonica
Cyrtocapsella tetrapera
D Section (PDF)
Diartus hughesi
Diartus petterssoni
Dictyocoryne ontongensis
Dictyoprora armadillo
Dictyoprora mongolfieri
Dictyoprora pirum
Didymocyrtis antepenultima
Didymocyrtis avita
Didymocyrtis laticonus
Didymocyrtis mammifera
Didymocyrtis penultima
Didymocyrtis prismatica
Didymocyrtis tetrathalamus tetrathalamus
Didymocyrtis tubaria
Didymocyrtis violina
Dorcadospyris alata
Dorcadospyris ateuchus
Dorcadospyris dentata
Dorcadospyris forcipata
Dorcadospyris papilio
Dorcadospyris pseudopapilio
E Section (PDF)
Eucyrtidium calvertense
Eucyrtidium diaphanes
Eucyrtidium inflatum
Eucyrtidium matuyamai
Eusyringium fistuligerum
Eusyringium lagena
L Section (PDF)
Lamprocyrtis heteroporos
Lamprocyrtis neoheteroporos
Lamprocyrtis nigriniae
Lamptonium fabaeforme chaunothorax
Lamptonium fabaeforme constrictum
Lamptonium fabaeforme fabaeforme
Lamptonium pennatum
Lamptonium sanfilippoae
Liriospyris parkerae
Liriospyris stauropora
Lithocyclia angusta
Lithocyclia aristotelis
Lithocyclia crux
Lithocyclia ocellus
Lithopera bacca
Lithopera neotera
Lithopera renzae
Lithopera thornburgi
Lophocyrtis jacchia
Lychnocanoma amphitrite
Lychnocanoma bellum
Lychnocanoma elongata
Lychnocanoma trifolium
Lychnodictyum audax
P Section (PDF)
Phormocyrtis cubensis
Phormocyrtis striata exquisita
Phormocyrtis striata striata
Phormostichoartus corbula
Phormostichoartus doliolum
Phormostichoartus fistula
Podocyrtis acalles
Podocyrtis ampla
Podocyrtis chalara
Podocyrtis diamesa
Podocyrtis dorus
Podocyrtis fasciolata
Podocyrtis goetheana
Podocyrtis helenae
Podocyrtis mitra
Podocyrtis papalis
Podocyrtis phyxis
Podocyrtis sinuosa
Podocyrtis trachodes
Pterocanium prismatium
Pterocodon ampla
Pterocodon ? anteclinata
Pterocorys campanula
Pterocorys hertwigii
S Section (PDF)
Sethochytris triconiscus
Siphostichartus corona
Solenosphaera omnitubus omnitubus
Solenosphaera omnitubus procera
Sphaeropyle langii
Sphaeropyle robusta
Spongaster berminghami
Spongaster pentas
Spongaster tetras tetras
Spongatractus balbis
Spongatractus pachystylus
Stichocorys delmontensis
Stichocorys johnsoni
Stichocorys peregrina
Stichocorys wolffii
Stylacontarium acquilonium
Stylatractus universus
T Section (PDF)
Theocorys anaclasta
Theocorys redondoensis
Theocorythium trachelium trachelium
Theocorythium vetulum
Theocotyle conica
Theocotyle cryptocephala
Theocotyle nigriniae
Theocotyle venezuelensis
Theocotylissa alpha
Theocotylissa ficus
Theocyrtis annosa
Theocyrtis tuberosa
Thyrsocyrtis bromia
Thyrsocyrtis hirsuta
Thyrsocyrtis lochites
Thyrsocyrtis rhizodon
Thyrsocyrtis robusta
Thyrsocyrtis tarsipes
Thyrsocyrtis tensa
Thyrsocyrtis tetracantha
Thyrsocyrtis triacantha
Tristylospyris triceros
Indexes
Alphabetical by genus (PDF)
Alphabetical by species (PDF)