Pseudoemiliania ovata

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Pseudoemiliania ovata (Bukry, 1973) Young 1998

Description: Coccoliths similar to P. lacunosa but elliptical and with <12 slits in the distal shield.

Remarks: See Young (1990) for extended discussion of the relationship between lacunosa and ovata.

Original description:

Geological Time Data

Geological Time Periods:

NN19

NN14

Biblio Reference:

Young, JR. 1998. Neogene. Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy. :225-265.

Notes on occurrence information:

Very abundant in Late Pliocene

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