arrayname: original
Taxonomy:
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Calciopappus): Circum-flagellar coccoliths modified into elongate spines, supported by whorl coccoliths
This taxon: BCs oblong (1.4-1.9 µm) with oblique laths, whorl coccoliths without projection, no CFCs
Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: C. caudatus *
Morphology:
Whorl coccoliths - D-shaped, without projection. No CFC. Higher latitude form.
Csphs - usually elongate and tapering (caudate)
LITHS: murolith, elliptical, CA: ca_disjunct, grill, CSPH: elongated, tubular, appendages, CFC, XC, CROSS-POLARS: R-prominent, |
Lith size: 1.5->2µm; Coccosphere size: 15->25µm; Data source notes: lith size (BCs) from Young et al. 2003 |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: present in the plankton (Young et al. 2003)
First occurrence (base): within No known fossil record modern (0.00-0.00Ma, base in "Holocene" stage). Data source: [JRY rough estimate]
Plot of occurrence data:
Archontikis, O. A. et al. (2023b). Taxonomy and morphology of Calciopappus curvus sp. nov. (Syracosphaeraceae, Prymnesiophyceae), a novel appendage-bearing coccolithophore. Protist. 174(125983): 1-16. gs Gaarder, K. R. & Ramsfjell, E. (1954). A new coccolithophorid from northern waters, Calciopappus caudatus. n. gen., n. sp. Nytt Magasin for Botanikk. 2: 155-156. gs Samtleben, C. et al. (1995). Plankton in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea: from living communities to sediment assemblages - an actualistic approach. Geologische Rundschau. 84: 108-136. gs Thomsen, H. A. (2016). Baltic Sea coccolithophores – an overview of insights into their taxonomy and ecology from the last 40 years. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 36(2): 97-119. gs O Winter, A., Reiss, Z. & Luz, B. (1979). Distribution of living coccolithophore assemblages in the Gulf of Elat ('Aqaba). Marine Micropaleontology. 4: 197-223. gs Young, J. R., Geisen, M., Cros, L., Kleijne, A., Probert, I. & Ostergaard, J. B. (2003). A guide to extant coccolithophore taxonomy. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. S1: 1-132. gs References:
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Calciopappus caudatus compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 19-4-2025
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