Craspedodiscus elegans Ehrenberg (1844)
Comment: Well-preserved valve from a heavily sieved reside. Note the complex pattern of valve face undulations.
Locality:
Ocean Drilling Program Hole 959A (Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana Marginal Ridge, eastern tropical Atlantic), sample: 159-959A-30X-3, 120-121 cm (early Miocene).
Photographed using: Zeiss Axio.A1, EC Plan-NEOFLUAR 40×/0.75 + Zeiss AxioCam ICc 5. Stacked using Helicon Focus.
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