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Truncatulus ellipticus I. Suto 2006, p. 594, 596; fig. 4, 31-79
StatusValid
Published inSuto, I. 2006 [ref. 012714]. Truncatulus gen. nov., a new fossil resting spore morphogenus related to the marine diatom Chaetoceros (Bacillariophyceae). Phycologia 45(5):585-601.
TypeHolotype: slide MPC-02602 (Micropaleontology Collection, National Science Museum, Tokyo), England finder O34-1N; illustrated in Fig. 68, 69INA card not found. Click here to check this name in the INA website.
Type LocalitySample DSDP 338-19-4, 10-11 cm, Norwegian Sea. Age ca. Miocene/Oligocene boundaryLanguage of descriptionE
CollectorAssessment of record accuracylikely accurate