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Current identification/main database link: Emiliania huxleyi (Lohmann 1902) Hay & Mohler, in Hay et al. 1967
Compiled data
The description of this species is given in chinese only and has notbeen checked, but the holotype specimen (pl2 f5) is a proximal view of an Emiliania huxleyi coccolith - A type [my interpretation - JRY 2026]
Editors' Notes
Duan, W. (1985). Calcareous nannofossils from two deep-sea cores in the northern South China Sea. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica. 2: 92-102. gsReferences:

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Pseudoemiliania regularis: Catalog entry compiled by <% compiler %>. Viewed: 15-8-2026
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