Coccolithus cf.miopelagicus

Bukry, 1971b Oct 21, 2020

Set number: 373

  • Coccolithus cf miopelagicus 1477 1
  • Coccolithus cf miopelagicus 1476 2
  • Coccolithus cf miopelagicus 1478 3
    10µm
Coccolithus cf.miopelagicus, Middle Miocene, Malta

Set number: 1468

  • Coccolithus azorinus VR 10818 1
  • Coccolithus azorinus VR 10816 2
  • Coccolithus azorinus VR 10825 3
  • Coccolithus azorinus VR 10808 4
  • Coccolithus azorinus VR 10817 5
  • Coccolithus azorinus VR 10814 6
  • Coccolithus azorinus VR 10824 7
  • Coccolithus azorinus VR 10813 8
  • Coccolithus azorinus VR 10804 9
  • Coccolithus azorinus VR 10802 10
  • Coccolithus azorinus VR 10798 11
  • Coccolithus azorinus VR 10800 12
    10µm
Coccolithus cf.miopelagicus, Extant, Bodorgan, Anglesey, North Wales

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Final Epithet
Coccolithus cf.miopelagicus Bukry, 1971b
Basionym

Coccolithus cf. miopelagicus Bukry, 1971b

Remarks

Large (13.0-14.0µm), elliptical species of Coccolithus Schwarz (1894) have a central opening without any central structure. This morphotype has the highest occurrence in Tortonian but re-appears again in the Pleistocene sediments.

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
  • Phanerozoic
    • Cenozoic
      • Neogene
        • Miocene
          • Late Miocene
            • Tortonian
      • Paleogene
        • Oligocene
          • Late Oligocene
            • Chattian
Stratigraphic Range
Chattian - Tortonian
Age (Ma)
28.09? - 10.15