Type Species

Coccolithus consuetus Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961

Synonyms

Pletolithus Cappelli et al., 2019

Remarks

Article 51.1.

A legitimate name must not be rejected merely because it, or its epithet, is inappropriate or disagreeable, or because another is preferable or better known (but see Art. 56.1), or because it has lost its original meaning.

References

Bramlette, M. N. & Sullivan, F. R. 1961, Coccolithophorids and related nannoplankton of the Early Tertiary in California. Micropaleontology 7(2): 129-188.

Cappelli, C., Bown, P. R., Riu, M. D., Agnini, C., 2020. Middle Eocene large coccolithaceans: Biostratigraphic implications and paleoclimatic clues. Marine Micropaleontology 154, 1-17.

Varol, O. 1992b. Sullivania a new genus of Palaeogene coccoliths. Journal of Micropalaeontology 11: 141-150.