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Coccolithus formosus


Classification: ntax_main -> Coccolithales -> Coccolithaceae -> Coccolithus -> C. formosus group -> Coccolithus formosus
Sister taxa: C. crucis, C. foraminis, C. formosus, C. pauxillus, C. subcirculus, C. supremus


Taxonomy:
Citation: Coccolithus formosus (Kamptner, 1963) Wise, 1973
Taxonomic rank: species
Basionym: Cyclococcolithus formosus Kamptner, 1963
Synonyms:

Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (C. formosus group): Circular to subcircular
This taxon: Large circular Coccolithus with narrow central area.

Farinacci & Howe catalog pages:
C. formosus * , C. lusitanicus * , E. alternans * , C. anulatus * , C. orbis *

Search data:
LITHS: placolith, elliptical, CA: vacant,
CSPH: equant, monomorphic, CROSS-POLARS: rim-bicyclic, V-prominent, R-prominent,
Lith size: 6->12µm;
The morphological data given here can be used on the advanced search page. See also these notes

Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): at top of NP21 zone (100% up, 32.9Ma, in Rupelian stage). Data source: zonal marker (see Perch-Nielsen 1985)
First occurrence (base): within NP12 zone (50.50-53.70Ma, base in Ypresian stage). Data source: Perch-Nielsen 1985

Plot of occurrence data:

References:

Báldi-Beke, M. (1971). The Eocene nannoplankton of the Bakony Mountains, Hungary. Annales Instituti Geologici Publici Hungarici. 54(4): 13-38. gs

Black, M. (1964). Cretaceous and Tertiary coccoliths from Atlantic seamounts. Palaeontology. 7: 306-316. gs

Bown, P. R. & Newsam, C. (2017). Calcareous nannofossils from the Eocene North Atlantic Ocean (IODP Expedition 342 Sites U1403–1411). Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 37(1): 25-60. gs O

Bown, P. R. (2005d). Palaeogene calcareous nannofossils from the Kilwa and Lindi areas of coastal Tanzania (Tanzania Drilling Project 2003-4). Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 27(1): 21-95. gs O

Bown, P. R. (2016). Paleocene calcareous nannofossils from Tanzania (TDP sites 19, 27 and 38). Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 36(1): 1-32. gs O

Bybell, L. (1975). Middle Eocene calcareous nannofossils at Little Stave Creek, Alabama. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 11(4): 177-247. gs O

Cohen, C. L. D. & Reinhardt, P. (1968). Coccolithophorids from the Pleistocene Caribbean deep-sea core CP-28. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 131: 289-304. gs

De Kaenel, E. & Mojon, P. -O. (2023). Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Eocene/Oligocene boundary (Zones NP19–21) in the parautochthonous Subalpine UMM of the Swiss Molasse Basin (Canton Fribourg, Western Switzerland). Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 41(2): 64-96. gs O

de Kaenel, E. & Villa, G. (1996). Oligocene-Miocene calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and paleoeecology from the Iberian Abyssal Plain. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results. 149: 79-145. gs O

Dunkley Jones, T., Bown, P. R. & Pearson, P. (2009). Exceptionally well preserved upper Eocene to lower Oligocene calcareous nannofossils (Prymnesiophycidae) from the Pande Formation (Kilwa Group), Tanzania. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 7(4): 359-411. gs

Fioroni, C., Villa, G., Persico, D., Wise, S. W. & Pea, L. (2012). Revised middle Eocene-upper Oligocene calcareous nannofossil biozonation for the Southern Ocean. Revue de Micropaléontologie. 55(2): 53-70. gs

Fioroni, C., Villa, G., Persico, D. & Jovane, L. (2015). Middle Eocene-Lower Oligocene calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy and paleoceanographic implications from Site 711 (equatorial Indian Ocean). Marine Micropaleontology. 118: 50-62. gs

Haq, B. U. (1971a). Paleogene calcareous nannoflora. Part I. The Paleocene of west-central Persia and the Upper Paleocene-Eocene of West Pakistan. Stockholm Contributions in Geology. 25: 1-56. gs O

Jones, A. P. & Dunkley Jones, T. (2020). Middle Eocene to Early Oligocene calcareous nannofossils from the Nanggulan Formation, Java, Indonesia. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 38(1): 57-79. gs

Kamptner, E. (1963). Coccolithineen-Skelettreste aus Tiefseeablagerungen des Pazifischen Ozeans. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. 66: 139-204. gs O

Müller, C. (1974). Calcareous nannoplankton, Leg 25 (Western Indian Ocean). Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 25: 579-633. gs

Müller, C. (1979). Calcareous nannofssils from the North Atlantic (Leg 48). Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 48: 589-639. gs

Perch-Nielsen, K. (1971c). Elektronenmikroskopische untersuchungen an Coccolithen und verwandten Formen aus dem Eozan von Danemark. Biologiske Skrifter, Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. 18(3): 1-76. gs O

Perch-Nielsen, K. (1985). Cenozoic calcareous nannofossils. In, Bolli, H. M., Saunders, J. B. & Perch-Nielsen, K. (eds) Plankton Stratigraphy. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (1): 427-555. gs

Shepherd, C. L. & Kulhanek, D. K. (2016). Eocene nannofossil biostratigraphy of the mid-Waipara River section, Canterbury Basin, New Zealand. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 36(1): 33-59. gs O

Varol, O. (1998). Palaeogene. In, Bown, P. R. (ed.) Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy. British Micropalaeontological Society Publication Series . 200-224. gs

Varol, O. (2023). New Paleocene calcareous nannofossils: Carlamuelleria, Davidbukrya, Mauriceblackia, Noelia and Senelia. Marine Micropaleontology. 180: 1-41. gs

Wilcoxon, J. A. (1970). Cyclococcolithina Wilcoxon nom. nov. (nom. subst. pro Cyclococcolithus Kamptner, 1954). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 8: 82-83. gs

Wise, S. W. (1973). Calcareous nannofossils from cores recovered during Leg 18, Deep Sea Drilling Project: biostratigraphy and observations on diagenesis. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 18: 569-615. gs O


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Coccolithus formosus compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 9-3-2026

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