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Pyxilla oligocaenica Jousé (1955)

Comment: An unusual, rocket-shaped species.

Locality: Deep Sea Drilling Project Hole 343 (Voring Plateau, north Atlantic), sample: 38-343-5R-3, 75-76 cm (early Eocene).

Photographed using: Zeiss Axio.A1, EC Plan-NEOFLUAR 40×/0.75 + Zeiss AxioCam ICc 5. Stacked using Helicon Focus.

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