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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![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Archaeopontosphaera primitiva Jafar 1983 = Orthopithonella geometrica |
Current identification/main database link: Unidentifiable nannofossil
Compiled dataJafar, A. S. (1983). Significance of Late Triassic calcareous nannoplankton from Austria and Southern Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 166: 218-259. gsReferences:
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Archaeopontosphaera: Catalog entry compiled by Richard Howe. Viewed: 23-4-2021
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