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.
Taxa are sorted alphabetically for simple browsing, or you can use search boxes at the top & bottom of the page
![]() | ![]() | Calculites axosuturalis Bergen in Bralower & Bergen 1998 = Calculites axosuturalis | ||
![]() | ![]() | Calculites cenomanicus Lees 2007 = Calculites cenomanicus | ||
![]() | ![]() | Calculites cyclops Lees 2007 = Calculites cyclops | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Calculites dispar Varol in Al-Rifaiy et al. 1990 = Owenia dispar | |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Calculites favosus Self-Trail 1999 = Calculites favosus | |
![]() | ![]() | Calculites juliae Lees 2007 = Calculites juliae | ||
![]() | ![]() | Calculites maghredaswampensis Lees 2007 = Calculites maghredaswampensis | ||
![]() | ![]() | Calculites paulus Lees 2007 = Calculites paulus | ||
![]() | ![]() | Calculites percernis Jeremiah 1996 = Calculites percernis | ||
![]() | ![]() | Calculites proscissus Lees 2007 = Calculites proscissus | ||
![]() | ![]() | Calculites rosalyniae Lees 2007 = Calculites rosalyniae | ||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Calculites sarstedtensis Crux 1987 = Calculites sarstedtensis | |
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | Calculites suturus Bown & Concheyro 2004 = Calculites suturus | |
![]() | ![]() | Calculites turonicus Lees 2007 = Calculites turonicus |
Current identification/main database link: Calculites Prins & Sissingh in Sissingh, 1977
Compiled dataSissingh, W. (1977). Biostratigraphy of Cretaceous calcareous nannoplankton. Geologie en Mijnbouw. 65(1): 37-65. gsReferences:
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Calculites: Catalog entry compiled by Anna Farinacci. Viewed: 16-4-2021
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