Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (laminated type): XCs consist partly or entirely of several layers of superposed elements. CFCs with spines
This taxon: XCs with openings around part of coccolith
| LITHS: murolith, elliptical, CA: ca_disjunct, grill, plate, process, CSPH: equant, elongated, CFC, XC, CROSS-POLARS: R-prominent, T-prominent, |
| Lith size: 1.4->1.7µm; Coccosphere size: 5->7µm; Liths per sphere: 40->60 Data source notes: lith length (BCs) 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:
Kleijne, A. & Cros, L. (2009). Ten new extant species of the coccolithophore Syracosphaera and a revised classification scheme for the genus. Micropaleontology. 55(5): 425-462. gs Kleijne, A. (1993b). Morphology, Taxonomy and distribution of extant coccolithophorids (Calcareous nannoplankton). PhD Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. 1-321. 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. S1: 1-132. gs References:

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Syracosphaera squamosa compiled by Jeremy R. Young, Paul R. Bown, Jacqueline A. Lees viewed: 15-9-2026
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