Nannotax Enabling nannofossil research

Changes

Feb 2009. Started expansion to include Palaeogene nannofossils. So far all that is implemented is a menu, based on taxonomy from Paul Bown.

A new format for species pages - see the Helicosphaeraceae and some notes on this;

Overview of Neogene nannofossils

Typical images	ORDER	Included families
	Coccolithales	Coccolithaceae Calcidiscaceae Hymenomonadaceae Pleurochrysidaceae
	Isochrysidales	Noelaerhabdaceae Prinsiaceae Isochrysidaceae
	Zygodiscales	Helicosphaeraceae Pontosphaeraceae Zygodiscaceae
	Syracosphaerales	Syracosphaeraceae Calciosoleniaceae Rhabdosphaeraceae
	Nannoliths	Braarudosphaeraceae Ceratolithaceae Discoasteraceae Sphenolithaceae Triquetrorhabdulaceae
	Incertae sedis	Alisphaeraceae Umbellosphaeraceae Florisphaera, Gladiolithus, Minylitha
	Holococcoliths

Welcome to Nannotax

Objective: To provide a user-editable site covering nannofossil taxonomy and biostratigraphy

What's on at the moment: Reasonably detailed coverage of Neogene nannofossil taxonomy, including images of most taxa, a searchable bibliography of Neogene nannofossil literature, short descriptions of species and higher taxa. In the longer term I intend, with colleagues, to extend the site coverage to older nannofossils and modern coccolithophores, but the Neogene was a convenient place to start. We are currently working on extending content to the Palaeogene.

What you can do:

• Use the graphic overview (above), galleries, bibliography and nannofossils menus and search box (top left & top right) to explore the current content
• Use the forum to discuss this site or related topics
• Create a user/contributor account and help develop the site
• Read more

Can't find a species you think should be in the system?

• Do a search on the species name - the taxonomy is my subjective view of a useful taxonomy and many species are included as variants or synonyms of other species (e.g. Ceratolithus rugosus is listed as a synonym of C. cristatus).
• If you do find the taxon listed as a synonym/variant add a comment to that page explaining why you think it is useful to discriminate it, and how you discriminate it.
• If you can't find the species add a comment to the relevant genus page.

Jeremy Young, Palaeontology Dept., The Natural History Museum, London