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Coccolithus miopelagicus

Coccolithus miopelagicus

Bukry, 1971b Sep 14, 2020

Set number: 376

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Coccolithus miopelagicus, Middle Miocene, Malta

Set number: 364

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Coccolithus miopelagicus, Middle Miocene, ODP Leg 149, Site 898A, Iberia Abyssal Plain

Set number: 380

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Coccolithus miopelagicus, Middle Miocene, ODP Leg 149, Site 898A, Iberia Abyssal Plain

Set number: 365

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Coccolithus miopelagicus, Middle Miocene, Malta

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Coccolithus miopelagicus, Middle Miocene, Malta

Set number: 367

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Coccolithus miopelagicus, Middle Miocene, Malta

Set number: 369

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Coccolithus miopelagicus, Middle Miocene, Malta

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Coccolithus miopelagicus, Middle Miocene, Malta

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Coccolithus miopelagicus, Middle Miocene, Malta

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Coccolithus miopelagicus, Middle Miocene, Malta

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Coccolithus miopelagicus, Early Miocene, DSDP Leg 25, Site 242, Mozambique Channel (Davie Ridge), Indian Ocean

Set number: 378

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Coccolithus miopelagicus, Middle Miocene, Malta

Final Epithet

Coccolithus miopelagicus Bukry, 1971b

Basionym

Coccolithus miopelagicus Bukry, 1971b

Remarks

Large (>14 µm), elliptical species of Coccolithus Schwarz (1894) having a central opening without any central structure.

References

Bukry, D., 1971b. Cenozoic calcareous nannofossils from the Pacific Ocean. - San Diego Society of Natural History Transactions 16, 303-327.

Schwarz, E. H. L., 1894. Coccoliths. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 14, 341-346.

Taxonomy

Coccolithus

Biostratigraphy

Stratigraphic Range

Aquitanian - Tortonian

Age (Ma)

23.04? - 11.04

Holotype

Coccolithus miopelagicus Bukry, 1971

Early Miocene

DSDP Leg 7, Site 63, East Caroline Basin, Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean