Coccolithophora cretacea Arkhangelskij 1912

Publication Details
Coccolithophora cretacea Arkhangelskij 1912: 410, pl. 6: figs. 12-13

Published in: Arkhangelskij, A.D. (1912). Verkhnemelovyye otlozheniya vostoka yevropeyskoy Rossii [Upper Cretaceous sediments of the East of the European Russia]. Materialy dlya Geologii Rossii 25(1): 1-631, 10 plates. [in Russian]

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Publication date: 1912

Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Coccolithophora is Coccolithophora pelagica (Wallich) Lohmann.

Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Prediscosphaera cretacea (Arkhangelskij) S.Gartner.

Source of Synonymy
Gartner, S. (1968). Coccoliths and related calcareous nannofossils from Upper Cretaceous deposits of Texas and Arkansas. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 48: 1-56, 5 figures, 28 plates.

Fossil
Described as a fossil.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 26 October 2021 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.

Last updated: 02 April 2023

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 April 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 24 June 2025

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