Radiolaria - strewn mount, Jérémie, Miocene
fossil material on slide (26 x 76mm) with decorative label.
Mounted in prime mountant, excellent high refractive index mountant with refractive index > 1,7.
High optical quality cover glass.
Very rare!
Age: Lower Miocene;
Locality: Jérémie, Haiti
Our samples contains several very rare Radiolarian species, the following species can be found:
Dorcadospyris ateuchus EHRENBERG synonym Ceratospyris ateuchus
Didymocyrtis prismatica HAECKEL synonym Pipettella prismatica
Didymocyrtis tubaria HAECKEL
Dipodospyris forcipata HAECKEL
Lychnocanium bipes RIEDEL
Cyrtocapsa pyrum HAECKEL
Calocyclas virginis HAECKEL
Reference:
Riedel W.R. 1959 Oligocene and Lower Miocene. Radiolaria in Tropical Pacific Sediments. Micropaleontology Vol. 5 No. 3 pp.285-302
Truan Y Luan, A. & Witt, O.N. 1888 Die Diatomaceen der Polycystinenkreide von Jeremie in Hayti, Westindien. Friedlander et Sohn, Berlin 24pp. 7pls.
Möller, J.D. 1892. Polycystinen-Mergel von Jérrémie, Haiti (Verzeichnis der in den Lichtdrucktafeln Möller'scher Diatomaceen Präparate enthaltenen Arten)
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