Coccolithus crassus

Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961 Sep 14, 2020

Set number: 1632

  • Coccolithus crassus VR 10762 1
  • Coccolithus crassus VR 10763 2
  • Coccolithus crassus VR 10767 3
  • Coccolithus crassus VR 10778 4
  • Coccolithus crassus VR 10761 5
  • Coccolithus crassus VR 10764 6
  • Coccolithus crassus VR 10768 7
  • Coccolithus crassus VR 10777 8
  • Coccolithus crassus VR 10775 9
  • Coccolithus crassus VR 10772 10
  • Coccolithus crassus VR 10770 11
  • Coccolithus crassus VR 10776 12
  • Coccolithus crassus VR 10774 13
  • Coccolithus crassus VR 10771 14
  • Coccolithus crassus VR 10769 15
    10µm
Coccolithus crassus, Extant, Bodorgan, Anglesey, North Wales

Set number: 379

  • Coccolithus mesopelagicus 31196 1
  • Coccolithus mesopelagicus 31198 2
  • Coccolithus mesopelagicus 31200 3
  • Coccolithus mesopelagicus 31201 4
  • Coccolithus mesopelagicus 31195 5
  • Coccolithus mesopelagicus 31197 6
  • Coccolithus mesopelagicus 31199 7
  • Coccolithus mesopelagicus 31204 8
    10µm
Coccolithus crassus, Middle Miocene, USGS-NASA Langley Core, Hampton, VA (USA)
Final Epithet
Coccolithus crassus Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961
Basionym

Coccolithus crassus Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961

Synonyms

Coccosphaera atlantica Ostenfeld, 1899; the name Coccolithus atlanticus is preoccupied with Coccolithus atlanticus Cohen, 1965.

Dimensions Of Holotype

A 10.0-12.0µm size was given by Bramlette & Sullivan (1961). The calculated holotype size is 10.5µm.

Description

Large (10.0-13.0µm), elliptical species of Coccolithus Schwarz (1894) having a central opening without any central structure.

References

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

Ostenfeld, C. H., (1899): Über Coccosphaera und einige neue Tintinniden im Plankton des nördlichen Atlantischen Oceans. - Zoologischer Anzeiger. 22: 433-439

Schwarz, E. H. L. (1894): Coccoliths. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 14: 341-346.

Taxonomy
Coccolithus
Biostratigraphy
  • Phanerozoic
    • Cenozoic
      • Neogene
        • Pliocene
          • Late Pliocene
            • Piacenzian
      • Paleogene
        • Paleocene
          • Late Paleocene
            • Thanetian
Stratigraphic Range
Thanetian - Piacenzian
Age (Ma)
59.24? - 2.58?
Holotype
Coccolithus crassus VR 10763

Coccolithus crassus Bramlette & Sullivan, 1961

Early Eocene

Lodo section, northwestern Fresno County, central California, USA