Original descriptions of taxa - also emended descriptions for a few 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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Current identification/main database link: Pseudoemiliania ovata (Bukry 1973) Young 1998
Compiled data
de Kaenel, E., Siesser, W. G. & Murat, A. (1999). Pleistocene Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy and the Western Mediterranean Sapropels, Sites 974 to 977 and 979. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results. 161: 159-183. gs Nishida, S. (1979). Atlas of Pacific Nannoplanktons. News of Osaka Micropaleontologists, Special Paper. 3: 1-31. gsReferences:

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Reticulofenestra pacifica: Catalog entry compiled by Anna Farinacci. Viewed: 13-10-2026
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