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Clausicoccus Prins, 1979

Edited by Lyndsey on Thu, 10/03/2011 - 16:30

Clausicoccus Prins, 1979

Description: Coccolith rim structure similar to that of Coccolithus, but with a perforate plate covering the central area on the distal side. Centro-distal cycle (bright in XPL) may be narrow or reduced.

Remarks:

Type species: Clausicoccus fenestratus (Deflandre & Fert, 1954) Prins, 1979. [Discolithus]

Geological Time Data
Geological Time Periods: 
Miocene
Paleogene
Biblio Reference: 
Perch-Nielsen, K.  1985.  Cenozoic calcareous nannofossils. Plankton Stratigraphy. 1. Planktic foraminifera, calcareous nannofossils and calpionellids:427-554.
Notes on occurrence information: 

Predominantly Paleogene genus, but C. fenestratus continues into the Miocene

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