Blackites spinosus

Discolithus spinosus Deflandre & Fert, 1954

The holotype is the poorly illustrated base of Blackites Hay & Towe (1962) but difficult to relate to any known species.

The species of Blackites spinula (Levin, 1965) Varol, n. comb. was erroneously assigned to Blackites spinosus in the publications.

Deflandre, G. & Fert, C., (1954): Observations sur les coccolithophoridés actuels et fossiles en microscopie ordinaire et électronique. - Annales de Paléontologie. 40: 115-176.

Hay, W. W. & Towe, K. M., (1962): Electron microscope examination of some coccoliths from Donzacq (France). - Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 55: 497-517.

Levin, H. L., (1965): Coccolithophoridae and related microfossils from the Yazoo Formation (Eocene) of Mississippi. - Journal of Paleontology. 39(2): 265-272.