Taxonomy:
Distinguishing features: Central areas with axial cross
Processes ca 3.5 µm long with calyx-like distal appendage.
Farinacci & Howe catalog pages: P. bourrellii [no catalog entry yet]
Size: Cell spherical, ca. 4 µm. Coccoliths ca. 0.8 x 0.5 µm
Tags | LITHS: murolith, elliptical, CA: cross-axial, ca_disjunct, process, CSPH: equant, CFC, |
Metrics | Lith size: 0.7->0.9µm; Data source notes: lith size (BC diameter) from OD |
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:
Thomsen, H. A. & Buck, K. R. (1998). Nanoflagellates of East Pacific coastal Waters: Morphology, taxonomy, and biogeography of weakly calcified coccolithophorids (Prymnesiophyceae). Cryptogamie Algologie. 19: 29-48. 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, Special Issue. 1: 1-132. gs V OReferences:
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Papposphaera bourrellii compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 1-3-2021
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