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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Current identification/main database link: Sphenolithus calyculus Bukry, 1985
Compiled data
Editors' Notes
This is a junior homnym of S. elongatus Perch-Nielsen 1980. The alternative name S. macroacanthos was proposed by Aubry 2014
Aubry, M. -P. (2014). Cenozoic Coccolithophores: Discoasterales. Micropaleontology Press, American Museum of Natural History, New York. 1-400. gs Martini, E. (1986). Paleogene calcareous nannoplankton from the southwest Pacific Ocean, Deep Sea Drilling Project, Leg 90. Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. 90: 747-761. gs V OReferences:
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Sphenolithus elongatus Martini: Catalog entry compiled by Richard Howe. Viewed: 14-4-2021
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