Fig. 1: Schematic of different types of coccolithophore fossils. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Schematic of different types of coccolithophore fossils.

From: ‘Ghost’ fossils of early coccolithophores point to a Triassic diversification of marine calcifying organisms

Fig. 1: Schematic of different types of coccolithophore fossils.

a Complete coccolithophore exoskeleton, made of coccoliths (individual plates); composed of calcite. b Coccolith ‘body’ fossil; composed of calcite. c Coccolith ‘ghost’ fossil; imprint of coccolith on organic matter after calcite dissolution (see Fig. 3 for photographed examples); note the hole in the centre of the imprint formed from the spine of the coccolith.

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