| Triassic and Jurassic |
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| Anulasphaera helvetica Grun and Zweili, 1980 |
| Callovian (Middle Jurassic) |
| Denver Borehole, UK |
| PC side view |
 |
| Anulasphaera helvetica Grun and Zweili, 1980 |
| Callovian (Middle Jurassic) |
| Denver Borehole, UK |
| XPL side view |
 |
| Anulasphaera helvetica Grun and Zweili, 1980 |
| Callovian (Middle Jurassic) |
| Denver Borehole, UK |
| (SEM) distal view |
 |
| Anulasphaera helvetica Grun and Zweili, 1980 |
| Callovian (Middle Jurassic) |
| Denver Borehole, UK |
| (SEM) proximal oblique view |
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| Stephanolithion bigotii bigotii Deflandre, 1939 |
| Lower Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) |
| Cleveland Farm Pit, wiltshire, UK |
| XPL |
 |
| Stephanolithion bigotii bigotii Deflandre, 1939 |
| Upper Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) |
| Gorodische, Russia |
| SEM |
 |
| Stephanolithion speciosum octum Deflandre in Deflandre and Fert, 1954 ssp. Rood and Barnard, 1972 |
| Lower Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) |
| Port en Bessin, N. France |
| XPL |
 |
| Stephanolithion speciosum octum Deflandre in Deflandre and Fert, 1954 ssp. Rood and Barnard, 1972 |
| Lower Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) |
| Port en Bessin, N. France |
| PC |
 |
| Stephanolithion speciosum Deflandre in Deflandre and Fert, 1954 ssp. octum Rood and Barnard, 1972 |
| Upper Bajocian-Lower Callovian (Middle Jurassic) |
| Escoville, France |
| distal view |
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| Biscutum novum (Goy,1979) Bown, 1987 |
| Aalenian/Bajocian |
| Brenha, Portugal |
| XPL |
 |
| Biscutum novum (Goy,1979) Bown, 1987 |
| Lower Toarcian |
| Trimeusel, Germany |
| distal view |
 |
| Biscutum novum (Goy,1979) Bown, 1987 |
| Upper Toarcian |
| Ballrechten, Germany |
| proximal view |
 |
| Carinolithus superbus (Deflandre in Deflandre and Fert, 1954) Prins in Grun et al, 1974 |
| Lower Toarcian-Lower Bajocian |
| Ilminster, UK |
| proximal oblique view SEM |
 |
| Carinolithus superbus (Deflandre in Deflandre and Fert, 1954) Prins in Grun et al, 1974 |
| Lower Toarcian-Lower Bajocian |
| Ilminster, UK |
| side view SEM |
 |
| Crucirhabdus minutus Jafar, 1983 |
| Norian-Rhaetian (Upper Triassic) |
| Fischerwiese, Austria |
| XPL distal view |
 |
| Crucirhabdus minutus Jafar, 1983 |
| Norian-Rhaetian (Upper Triassic) |
| Weissloferbach, S. Germany |
| distal view SEM |
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| Lotharingius haufii Grun and Zweili in Grun et al, 1974 |
| Lower Toarcian |
| Untersturmig, Germany |
| XPL |
 |
| Lotharingius haufii Grun and Zweili in Grun et al, 1974 |
| Upper Pliensbachian-Upper Bathonian |
| Untersturmig, Germany |
| PC |
 |
| Lotharingius haufii Grun and Zweili in Grun et al, 1974 |
| Upper Pliensbachian-Upper Bathonian |
| Untersturmig, Germany |
| SEM (collapsed coccosphere) |
 |
| Parhabdolithus liasicus distinctus Deflandre in Grasse, 1952 ssp. Bown, 1987 |
| Hettangian-Lower Toarcian |
| Timor |
| XPL plan view |
 |
| Parhabdolithus liasicus distinctus Deflandre in Grasse, 1952 ssp. Bown, 1987 |
| Hettangian-Lower Toarcian |
| Timor |
| XPL side view |
 |
| Parhabdolithus liasicus distinctus Deflandre in Grasse, 1952 ssp. Bown, 1987 |
| Hettangian-Lower Toarcian |
| Mochras Borehole, UK |
| side view (SEM) |
 |
| Prinsiosphaera triassica Jafar, 1983 |
| Norian-Rhaetian |
| Weissloferbach S. Germany |
| XPL |
 |
| Prinsiosphaera triassica Jafar, 1983 |
| Norian-Rhaetian |
| ODP Site 761, Wombat Plateau, NW Australian shelf |
| SEM |
|
| Lower Cretaceous |
 |
| Axopodorhabdus albianus (Black, 1967) Wind and Wise in Wise and Wind, 1977 |
| Middle Albian-Upper Cenomanian |
| Folkestone, UK |
| XPL |
 |
| Axopodorhabdus albianus (Black, 1967) Wind and Wise in Wise and Wind, 1977 |
| Middle Albian-Upper Cenomanian |
| English Channel Borehole R330, UK |
| distal view SEM |
 |
| Calcicalathina oblongata (Worsley, 1971) Thierstein, 1971 |
| Lower Valanginian-Lower Barremian |
| Bulgaria |
| XPL distal view |
 |
| Calcicalathina oblongata (Worsley, 1971) Thierstein, 1971 |
| Lower Valanginian-Lower Barremian |
| DSDP Site 547B, Atlantic Ocean |
| distal view SEM |
 |
| Calcicalathina oblongata (Worsley, 1971) Thierstein, 1971 |
| Lower Valanginian-Lower Barremian |
| DSDP Site 547B, Atlantic Ocean |
| side view SEM |
 |
| Ceratolithina bicornuta Perch-Nielsen, 1988 |
| Middle Albian-Upper Albian |
| Folkestone, UK |
| XPL |
 |
| Corollithion kennedyi |
| Cenomanian |
| Lydden Spout, Folkestone, UK |
| XPL |
 |
| Cruciellipsis cuvillieri (Manivit, 1966) Thierstein, 1971 |
| Lower Berriasian-Upper Hauterivian |
| DSDP Site 397, E.Atlantic Ocean |
| XPL |
 |
| Cruciellipsis cuvillieri (Manivit, 1966) Thierstein, 1971 |
| Lower Berriasian-Upper Hauterivian |
| DSDP Site 547B, Atlantic Ocean |
| distal view SEM |
 |
| Eiffellithus turriseiffelii (Deflandre in Deflandre and Fert, 1954) Reinhardt, 1965 |
| Upper ALbian-Upper Maastrichtian |
| Folkestone, UK |
| XPL distal view |
 |
| Eprolithus floralis (Stradner, 1962) Stover, 1966 |
| Lower Aptian-?Lower Campanian |
| Folkestone, UK |
| XPL distal view |
 |
| Gartnerago segmentatum |
| Cenomanian-Maastrichtian |
| Langdon Stairs, Dover, Kent, UK |
| XPL distal view |
 |
| Micrantholithus obtusus Stradner, 1963 |
| Berriasian-Upper Aptian |
| Speeton, UK |
| XPL |
 |
| Micrantholithus obtusus Stradner, 1963 |
| Berriasian-Upper Aptian |
| DSDP Site 398D, Atlantic Ocean |
| SEM |
 |
| Nannoconus abundans Stradner and Grun, 1973 |
| Barremian-?Lower Aptian |
| Speeton, UK |
| XPL |
 |
| Nannoconus abundans Stradner and Grun, 1973 |
| Barremian-?Lower Aptian |
| Speeton, UK |
| side view SEM |
 |
| Prediscosphaera columnata (Stover, 1966) Perch-Nielsen, 1984 |
| Lower Albian-Turonian |
| Folkestone, UK |
| XPL distal view |
 |
| Prediscosphaera columnata (Stover, 1966) Perch-Nielsen, 1984 |
| Lower Albian-Turonian |
| Folkestone, UK |
| XPL side view |
 |
| Prediscosphaera columnata (Stover, 1966) Perch-Nielsen, 1984 |
| Lower Albian-Turonian |
| Copt Point, UK |
| side view SEM |
 |
| Watznaueria barnesae (Black in Black and Barnes, 1959) Perch-Nielsen, 1968 |
| Lower Bajocian-Maastrichtian |
| Gorodische, Russia |
| XPL |
 |
| Watznaueria barnesae (Black in Black and Barnes, 1959) Perch-Nielsen, 1968 |
| Lower Bajocian-Maastrichtian |
| Speeton, UK |
| SEM (Coccosphere) |
 |
| Watznaueria britannica (Stradner, 1963) Reinhardt, 1964 |
| Lower Bajocian-Lower Cenomanian |
| Cleveland Farm Pit, Wiltshire, UK |
| XPL |
 |
| Zeugrhabdotus erectus (Deflandre in Deflandre and Fert, 1954) Reinhardt, 1965 |
| Lower Pliensbachian?-Upper Maastrichtian |
| Cleveland Farm Pit, Wiltshire, UK |
| XPL |
 |
| Zeugrhabdotus erectus (Deflandre in Deflandre and Fert, 1954) Reinhardt, 1965 |
| Lower Pliensbachian?-Upper Maastrichtian |
| Mochras Borehole, UK |
| distal view SEM |
 |
| Zeugrhabdotus erectus (Deflandre in Deflandre and Fert, 1954) Reinhardt, 1965 |
| Lower Pliensbachian?-Upper Maastrichtian |
| Dorset, UK |
| side view SEM |
|
| Upper Cretaceous |
 |
| Arkhangelskiella cymbiformis Vekshina, 1959 |
| Campanian-Maastrichtian |
| DSDP Site 249, Indian Ocean |
| XPL distal view |
 |
| Arkhangelskiella cymbiformis Vekshina, 1959 |
| Campanian-Maastrichtian |
| Keswick, Norfolk, UK |
| oblique distal view SEM |
 |
| Eiffellithus eximius (Stover, 1966) Perch-Nielsen, 1968 |
| Turonian-Campanian |
| Zoe C BH, South Africa |
| XPL |
 |
| Eiffellithus eximius (Stover, 1966) Perch-Nielsen, 1968 |
| Turonian-Campanian |
| Zoe C BH, South Africa |
| XPL rotated |
 |
| Lithastrinus grillii Stradner, 1962 |
| Coniacian-Campanian |
| near Plymouth Bluff, Lowndes County, Mississippi, USA |
| XPL |
 |
| Lucianorhabdus cayeauxii Deflandre, 1959 |
| Coniacian-Maastrichtian |
| near Portland, Dallas County, Alabama, USA |
| XPL |
 |
| Marthasterites furcatus (Deflandre in Deflandre and Firt, 1954) Deflandre, 1959 |
| Turonian-Campanian |
| DSDP Site 258, E.Indian Ocean |
| XPL |
 |
| Marthasterites furcatus (Deflandre in Deflandre and Firt, 1954) Deflandre, 1959 |
| Turonian-Campanian |
| DSDP Hole 550B, NE Atalntic Ocean |
| SEM |
 |
| Microrhabdulus decoratus Deflandre, 1959 |
| Cenomanian-Maastrichtian |
| DSDP Site 401, NE Atlantic Ocean |
| SEM |
 |
| Microrhabdulus decoratus Deflandre, 1959 |
| Cenomanian-Maastrichtian |
| DSDP Site 249, W. Indian Ocean |
| XPL |
 |
| Micula staurophora (Gardet, 1955) Stradner, 1963 |
| Coniacian-Maastrichtian |
| near Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi, USA |
| XPL |
 |
| Prediscosphaera arkhangelskyi (Reinhardt, 1965) Perch-Nielsen, 1984 |
| Santonian-Maastrichtian |
| DSDP Site 249, W. Indian Ocean |
| XPL |
 |
| Prediscosphaera cretacea (Arkhangelsky, 1912) Gartner, 1968 |
| Cenomanian-Maastrichtian |
| DSDP Site 249, W. Indian Ocean |
| XPL |
 |
| Prediscosphaera cretacea (Arkhangelsky, 1912) Gartner, 1968 |
| Cenomanian-Maastrichtian |
| near Plymouth Bluff, Lowndes County, Alabama, USA |
| XPL |
 |
| Quadrum gartneri Prins and Perch-Nielsen in Manivit et al, 1977 |
| Turonian-?Maastrichtian |
| DSDP Site 217, N. Indian Ocean |
| XPL |
 |
| Tranolithus orionatus (Reinhardt, 1966a) Reinhardt, 1966b |
| Albian-Maastrichtian |
| Folkestone, UK |
| XPL |
 |
| Uniplanarius trifidus (Stradner in Stradner and Papp, 1961) Hattner and Wise, 1980 |
| Campanian-Maastrichtian |
| DSDP Site 217 N. Indian Ocean |
| XPL |
 |
| Uniplanarius trifidus (Stradner in Stradner and Papp, 1961) Hattner and Wise, 1980 |
| Campanian-Maastrichtian |
| DSDP Site 241 W. Indian Ocean |
| XPL |
|
| Palaeogene |
 |
| Chiasmolithus solitus (Bramlette and Sullivan, 1961) Locker, 1968 |
| Lutetian-Bartonian (Middle Eocene) |
| Whitecliff Bay, UK |
| PC |
 |
| Chiasmolithus solitus (Bramlette and Sullivan, 1961) Locker, 1968 |
| Lutetian-Bartonian (Middle Eocene) |
| Fayum, Egypt |
| oblique distal view SEM |
 |
| Discoaster tanii Bramlette and Riedel, 1954 |
| Middle Eocene-Oligocene |
| Hampden Beach, New Zealand |
| distal view SEM |
 |
| Discoaster saipanensis Bramlette and Riedel, 1954 |
| Middle-Upper Eocene |
| Fayum, Egypt |
| distal view SEM |
 |
| Discoaster saipanensis Bramlette and Riedel, 1954 |
| Middle-Upper Eocene |
| Benidorm, Spain |
| distal view SEM |
 |
| Discoaster saipanensis Bramlette and Riedel, 1954 |
| Middle-Upper Eocene |
| Whitecliff Bay, UK |
| PC |
 |
| Discoaster kuepperi Sradner, 1959 |
| Lower-Middle Eocene |
| North Sea, UK |
| PC |
 |
| Discoaster kuepperi Sradner, 1959 |
| Lower-Middle Eocene |
| Benidorm, Spain |
| proximal view SEM |
 |
| Discoaster kuepperi Sradner, 1959 |
| Lower-Middle Eocene |
| Benidorm, Spain |
| distal view SEM |
 |
| Discoaster kuepperi Sradner, 1959 |
| Lower-Middle Eocene |
| Benidorm, Spain |
| side view SEM |
 |
| Cruciplacolithus primus Perch-Nielsen, 1977 |
| Upper Palaeocene |
| St. Paul Monastery, Egypt |
| oblique distal view SEM |
 |
| Neococcolithus dubius (Deflandre in Deflandre and Fert, 1954) Black, 1967 |
| Lower-Upper Eocene |
| Whitecliff Bay, UK |
| oblique distal view SEM |
 |
| Neococcolithus dubius (Deflandre in Deflandre and Fert, 1954) Black, 1967 |
| Lower-Upper Eocene |
| Whitecliff Bay, UK |
| distal view SEM |
 |
| Fasciculithus tympaniformis Hay and Mohler in Hay et al, 1967 |
| Upper Palaeocene-Lower Eocene |
| Pegwell Bay, Kent, UK |
| XPL |
 |
| Fasciculithus tympaniformis Hay and Mohler in Hay et al, 1967 |
| Upper Palaeocene-Lower Eocene |
| St. Paul Monastery, Egypt |
| oblique proximal view |
 |
| Fasciculithus tympaniformis Hay and Mohler in Hay et al, 1967 |
| Upper Palaeocene-Lower Eocene |
| St. Paul Monastery, Egypt |
| proximal view |
 |
| Sphenolithus moriformis (Bronniman and Stradner, 1960) Brmlette and Wilcoxon, 1967 |
| Palaeocene-Pliocene |
| DSDP Site 590B, S.W Pacific |
| SEM |
 |
| Sphenolithus moriformis (Bronniman and Stradner, 1960) Brmlette and Wilcoxon, 1967 |
| Palaeocene-Pliocene |
| DSDP Site 593, S.W Pacific |
| SEM |
 |
| Discoaster lodoensis Bramlette and Riedel, 1954 |
| Palaeocene-Pliocene |
| Benidorm, Spain |
| XPL |
 |
| Discoaster lodoensis Bramlette and Riedel, 1954 |
| Palaeocene-Pliocene |
| Benidorm, Spain |
| proximal view SEM |
 |
| Discoaster lodoensis Bramlette and Riedel, 1954 |
| Palaeocene-Pliocene |
| Benidorm, Spain |
| distal view SEM |
|
| Neogene |
 |
| Amaurolithus amplificus (Bukry and Percival) Gartner and Bukry, 1975 |
| Upper Miocene-Pliocene |
| Manavgat, S.Turkey |
| XPL |
 |
| Amaurolithus amplificus (Bukry and Percival) Gartner and Bukry, 1975 |
| Upper Miocene-Pliocene |
| Manavgat, S.Turkey |
| PC |
 |
| Coccolithus pelagicus (Wallich, 1871) Schiller, 1930 |
| Lower Palaeocene-Recent |
| N. Atlantic off S.W coast of Iceland |
| SEM entire coccosphere |
 |
| Coccolithus pelagicus (Wallich, 1871) Schiller, 1930 |
| Lower Palaeocene-Recent |
| ODP Site 1052b, Western N. Atlantic |
| SEM distal view 10 microns |
 |
| Coccolithus pelagicus (Wallich, 1871) Schiller, 1930 |
| Lower Palaeocene-Recent |
| ODP Site 1052b, Western N. Atlantic |
| SEM proximal view 10 microns |
 |
| Discoaster challengeri Bramlette and Riedel, 1954 |
| Miocene-Pliocene |
| Ghajn Tuffieha Bay, Malta |
| SEM proximal view |
 |
| Discoaster challengeri Bramlette and Riedel, 1954 |
| Miocene-Pliocene |
| G. Mihmandar Borehole, Malta |
| PC |
 |
| Discoaster exilis Martini and Bramlette, 1963 |
| Middle Miocene |
| Ghajn Tuffieha Bay, Malta |
| proximal view SEM |
 |
| Discoaster exilis Martini and Bramlette, 1963 |
| Middle Miocene |
| Ghajn Tuffieha Bay, Malta |
| PC |
 |
| Discoaster variabilis Martini and Bramlette, 1963 |
| Middle Miocene-Pliocene |
| Ghajn Tuffieha Bay, Malta |
| proximal view SEM |
 |
| Discoaster variabilis Martini and Bramlette, 1963 |
| Middle Miocene-Pliocene |
| Ghajn Tuffieha Bay, Malta |
| PC |
 |
| Florisphaera profunda Okado and Honjo, 1973 |
| Middle Miocene-Recent |
| Almerian Canyon, Western Mediterranian Sea |
| 10 microns SEM |
 |
| Gephyrocapsa oceanica Kamptner, 1943 |
| Pleistocene-Recent |
| Almerian Canyon, Western Mediterranian Sea |
| 10 microns SEM |
 |
| Calcidiscus tropicus Kamptner, 1956 |
| Lower Miocene-Recent |
| DSDP Site 593, S.W Pacific Ocean |
| SEM |
 |
| Calcidiscus tropicus Kamptner, 1956 |
| Lower Miocene-Recent |
| DSDP Site 593, S.W Pacific Ocean |
| SEM |
 |
| Helicosphaera carteri (Wallich, 1877) Kamptner, 1954 |
| Upper Oligocene-Recent |
| DSDP Site 590B, S.W Pacific Ocean |
| XPL |
 |
| Helicosphaera carteri (Wallich, 1877) Kamptner, 1954 |
| Upper Oligocene-Recent |
| DSDP Site 590B, S.W Pacific Ocean |
| proximal view SEM |
 |
| Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilica (Gartner) Gartner, 1969 |
| Miocene-Pliocene |
| Ghajn Tuffieha Bay, Malta |
| proximal view SEM |
 |
| Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilica (Gartner) Gartner, 1969 |
| Miocene-Pliocene |
| Ghajn Tuffieha Bay, Malta |
| coccosphere SEM |
 |
| Sphenolithus heteromorphus Deflandre, 1953 |
| Lower Miocene-Middle Miocene |
| DSDP Site 593, S.W Pacific Ocean |
| SEM |
 |
| Sphenolithus heteromorphus Deflandre, 1953 |
| Lower Miocene-Middle Miocene |
| DSDP Site 590B, S.W Pacific Ocean |
| SEM |
|
