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Coccolithales
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Helicosphaera
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bramlettei_Theod84.jpg

bramlettei_Theod84.jpg

Proximal and distal views of single coccoliths. This is a Palaeogene species, so not yet described in detail on this site.

dinesenii_Theod84.jpg

dinesenii_Theod84.jpg

Proximal and distal views of single coccoliths. This is a Palaeogene species, so not yet described in detail on this site.

compacta_Theod84.jpg

compacta_Theod84.jpg

Proximal and distal views of single coccoliths. This is a Palaeogene species, so not yet described in detail on this site.

lophota_Theod4.jpg

lophota_Theod4.jpg

Proximal and distal views of single coccoliths. This is a Palaeogene species, so not yet described in detail on this site.

heezenii_Theod84.jpg

heezenii_Theod84.jpg

Proximal and distal views of single coccoliths. This is a Palaeogene species, so not yet described in detail on this site.

gartneri_Theod84.jpg

gartneri_Theod84.jpg

Proximal and distal views of single coccoliths. This is a Palaeogene species, so not yet described in detail on this site.

reticulata_Theod84.jpg

reticulata_Theod84.jpg

Proximal and distal views of single coccoliths. This is a Palaeogene species, so not yet described in detail on this site.

papillata_Theod84.jpg

papillata_Theod84.jpg

Proximal and distal views of single coccoliths. This is a Palaeogene species, so not yet described in detail on this site.

seminulum_Theod84.jpg

seminulum_Theod84.jpg

Proximal and distal views of single coccoliths. This is a Palaeogene species, so not yet described in detail on this site.

Helicosphaera

Citation: 
Genus Helicosphaera Kamptner, 1954

Description: Coccoliths with helical flange, sub-groups can be recognised based on presence/absence of a disjunct bar, bar orientation, flange shape, etc. (see e.g. Theodoridis 1984, Perch-Nielsen 1985b, Aubry 1990, Young 1998).

Type: Helicosphaera carteri

Synonym: Helicopontosphaera

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