Coccolithites Kamptner ex Cohen, 1964
Holotype species: Coccolithites annulus Cohen
Publication details: Kamptner ex Cohen, 1964: 237
Currently accepted name for the type species: Ceratolithus cristatus Kamptner
Original publication and holotype designation: Cohen, C.L.D. (1964). Coccolithophorids from two Caribbean deep-sea cores. Micropaleontology 10(2): 231-250, 3 tables, 6 plates.
Request PDFFossil: This is a genus of fossil species, or a genus with a fossil type species, or a genus the type species of which was originally described as a fossil.
The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-07-29 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.
Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.
Gender: This genus name is currently treated as masculine.
Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Jordan, R.W., Cros, L. & Young, J.R. (2004). A revised classification scheme for living haptophytes. Micropaleontology 50(Suppl. 1): 55-79.
Nomenclatural note
This genus originally proposed by Kamptner (1955: 8) is not provisional itself, but was explicitly created as a wastebasket taxon for coccoliths of uncertain generic assignation. Nevertheless, it lacked a description (nomen nudum), making it invalid under the ICZN, Art. 13.1. The genus was inadvertently validated by Cohen (1964: 237), who assigned a single, properly described species to it, effectively publishing a descriptio generico-specifica. Only species erected after Cohen's 1964 paper are valid. - (15 November 2021) - E.A. Molinari Novoa
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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 29 July 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 26 June 2025
