Triassic and Jurassic |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
 |