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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Editors' Notes
Later recombined and elevated to species rank as Marthasterites robustus (Stradner 1959) Stradner, in Stradner & Papp 1961
Stradner, H. & Papp, A. (1961). Tertiäre Discoasteriden aus Österreich und deren stratigraphische Bedeutung mit Hinweisen auf Mexico, Rumanien und Italien. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt, Sonderband. 7: 1-159. gs V O Stradner, H. (1959a). Die fossilen Discoasteriden Osterreichs. II. Erdoel-Zeitschrift. 75(12): 472-488. gsReferences:
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Discoaster tribrachiatus robustus: Catalog entry compiled by Jeremy Young. Viewed: 20-1-2021
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