Original descriptions of taxa. For coccolithophores, and many calcispheres, these are pages from the Farinacci & Howe 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 originally compiled by Prof A. Farinacci 1969-1989, since 2000 it has been updated and extended by Richard Howe - see The Farinacci and Howe Catalog - an Introduction.
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Citation: Chiastozygaceae Rood et al., 1973Taxonomic rank: familyCurrent citation: Chiastozygaceae Rood et al., 1973
Original Description Diagnosis: Coccoliths with an eiffellithalid rim having a central structure consisting of a cross aligned in the equal axes of the ellipse.
References:
Rood, A. P., Hay, W. W. & Barnard, T. (1973). Electron microscope studies of Lower and Middle Jurassic coccoliths. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 66: 365-382. gsO
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