Fossil Diatom Atlas

Instagram icon
Facebook icon

Triceratium pulvinar Schmidt (1888)

Comment: A broken valve with one pole missing, visible from the interior. Please note that this species is an example of Triceratium in the strict sense.

Locality: Deep Sea Drilling Project Hole 280A (south of South Tasman Rise, southwest Pacific), sample: 29-280A-6-3, 116-117 cm (Eocene-Oligocene Transition).

Photographed using: Zeiss Axio.A1, Plan-APOCHROMAT 100×/1.4 Oil DIC + Zeiss AxioCam ICc 5. Stacked using Helicon Focus.

Direct link to this page: https://fossil-diatoms.com/atlas/entry/68

DiatomBase link (opens in new tab)