Original descriptions of taxa. For coccolithophores, and many calcispheres, these are pages from the Catalog of Calcareous Nannofossils. In other cases (e.g. non-calcifying haptophytes) the data is directly compiled on this site. The "Catalogue of Calcareous Nannofossils" was compiled by Prof A. Farinacci 1969-1989 and updated by Richard Howe 2000-2016 - see also this page.
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![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Chiastella grana Lambert 1993 = Chiastella grana |
Current identification/main database link: Chiastella Lambert 1993
Compiled data
Editors' Notes
small taxa such as this are very poorly documented and Lmbert is probbly right to place it in a separate genus rater than sheo-horning into an existing one. However, suggestion that it is in someway intermediate between existing families seems much less -well substatniated
Lambert, B. (1993). Nannofossiles calcaires de l'Albien supérieur et du Vraconnien du Cameroun méridional (Deuxième Partie). Cahiers de Micropaléontologie. 8(2): 183-225. gsReferences:
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Chiastella: Catalog entry compiled by Richard Howe. Viewed: 17-1-2021
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