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: Prediscosphaeraceae Rood et al., 1971Taxonomic rank: familyCurrent citation: Prediscosphaeraceae Rood et al., 1971
Original Description Circular coccoliths with a podorhabdid rim. Extra details from original publication Black (1967) proposed a Family Deflandriaceae including the single genus Deflandrius Bramlette & Martini 1964. Deflandrius is here regarded as a synonym of Prediscosphaera Vekshina, 1959. The family name proposed here is not a nomen substitutum for the Family Deflandriaceae of Black, but is more broadly defined and includes several genera
References:
Rood, A. P., Hay, W. W. & Barnard, T. (1971). Electron Microscope Studies of Oxford Clay Coccoliths. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 64: 245-272. gsO
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