Original descriptions of taxa. For coccolithophores, and many calcispheres, these are pages from the Farinacci & Howe 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 originally compiled by Prof A. Farinacci 1969-1989, since 2000 it has been updated and extended by Richard Howe - see The Farinacci and Howe Catalog - an Introduction.
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Citation: Watznaueriaceae Rood et al., 1971taxonomic rank: FamilyCurrent citation: Watznaueriaceae Rood et al., 1971
Original Description Elliptical or circular coccolithids having a coccolithid rim with crystallites oriented so that both shields produce an interference figure between crossed polarizers. Extra details from original publication Remarks Noel (1965) proposed a Family Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, but because Ellipsage¬ losphaera Noel, 1965, is a junior subjective synonym of Watznaueria Reinhardt, 1964, the taxon Watznaueriaceae is proposed as a replacement. The genera Actinosphaera Noel, 1965, and Calolilhus Noel, 1965, are here regarded as fragments of Watznaueria and hence junior subjective synonyms, so that neither the Subfamily Actinosphaeroideae Noel, 1965, nor the Subfamily Ellipsagelosphaeroideae Noel, 1965, is recognise
References:
Rood, A. P., Hay, W. W. & Barnard, T. (1971). Electron Microscope Studies of Oxford Clay Coccoliths. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 64: 245-272. gsO
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