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Towards A Stable And Agreed Nomenclature For North Sea Tertiary Diatom Floras
Micropalaeontology
Date : 13/06/2012
One stratigraphically important and familiar diatom taxon (Coscinodiscus sp. 1) is formally described in this paper as Fenestrella antiqua (Grunow) Swatman. In the example shown here it is demonstrated that four forms, previously identified as four independent taxa in open nomenclature (with distinctive stratigraphic ranges), are in fact separate manifestations of the life habitat of this one single species. It is hoped that through an awareness of the biological complexity of these forms, and their relationships to morphology, a stable taxonomy will eventually arise. It is furthermore hoped that this will lead to a stimulus in the study of the biostratigraphic and palaeoenvironmental applications of this important microfossil group to exploration, production and development geoscience.
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