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K. Perch-Nielsen, Geol. Institute ETH-Z, Sonneggstr.5
CH-8006 ZUrich, Switzerland

During the compilation of two chapters on Mesozoic andCenozoic calcareous nannofossils for a text-book on
PLANKTON STRATIGRAPHY edited by Bolli, Saunders & Perch-Nielsen(in press), I have used new combinations as validated below.

CENOZOICNEW COMBINATIONBASIONYM
He1io1ithus? conicus Perch-N1e1sen{1971, p1.56, p1.1, fig.2)
Bomo1ithus conicus
Ca1cidiscus 1eptoporus centrova1is Clc1ococco11thus 1e~toporus centrova1fs Stradoer&Fuchs( gao, p.255,256, p .6, f1gs.4,5)
Discoaster a1tus MU11er{1974, p.592, p1.9, ffg.1)
Catinaster a1tus
Ericsonia? brotzenfi Perch-Nfe1sen{1969, p.60,61,p1.2,fig.4)
Crucip1aco1fthus brotzenfi
Cocco1ithus marfsmontium B1ack{1964, p.309, p1.51, fig.3)
Cyc1icargo1fthus marismontium
Discoasteroides megastypus Bram1ette&Su11fvan{1961, p.163,Dfscoaster megastypus
p1. 13, fig.14).
Po1yc1ado1ithus def1andrei Stradner{1959b, p.18, fig.76)
lfthostromatfon def1andrei
Neocrepido1fthus cohenff
see above
Disco1ithina desueta MU1ler{1970, p.113, p1.3, figs.4,5)
Pontosphaera desueta
Disco1ithina enormis Locker{1967,p.759,p1.1,fig.4,p1.2,fig.S)
Pontosphaera enormis
Disco1ithus fnconspicuus Su11ivan{1964, p.182, p1.4, fig.6
Pontosphaera inconspicua
in B.B.S. 1961)
D1sco1ithina latielliptfca Ba1di-Beke&Baldi{1974, p.72, pl.J,
Pontosphaera 1atfe11fptfca
fig. 10)
Disco1ithina latocu1ata Bukry&Percival{197l, p. 130, p1.4,
Pontosphaera 1atocu1ata
figs.l-3)
Disco1ithus oce11atus Bramlette&Su111van{1961, p. 142, p1.3,
Pontosphaera oce11a~afig.2)
Disco1ithus punctosus Bramlette&Su1livan{1961, p.143, p1.3,
Pontosphaera punctosa
fig. 11)
Bfscu1um? tenuicu1um Okada&Thierstein{l979, p.521,522, pl.9,
Prfnsfus tenuicu1um
fig.5)
Marthasterites spfneus Shafik&Stradner{197l,p.93, fig.7)
Rhomboaster spineus
Prinsius afrfcanus Perch-Nfe1sen(1980,p.842,843,p1.3,fig.3)
Toweius africanus
Cocco1fthus crassus Bram1ette&Su11ivan{l961,p.139,p1.1,fig.4)
Toweius? crassus
Dfsco11thina pygmaea Locker{l967, p.761, p1.2, fig.2)
Transversopontfs pygmaea
Ceratolithus? farnsworthif Gartner{l967,p.S,p1.9,ffg.2)
Tr1guetrorhabdu1us farnsworthii

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MESOZOIC
Aspidolithus bevieri
Aspidolithus furtivus
Aspidolithus parcus constrictus
Aspidolithus parcus expansu§
Biscutum salebrosum
Biscutum veternum
Calculites additus
Chiastoplacolithus parvus
Chiastozygus? acutus
Cretarhabdus lateralis
Cribrosphaerella? hauteriviana
Ellipsagelosphaera fasciata
Eprolithus septentrionalis
Gartnerago stenostaurion
Glaukolithus compactus
Micula quadrata
Neocrepidolithus cohenii
Nodosella perch-nielseniae
Nodosella silvaradion
Podorhabdus biperforatus
Prediscosphaera arkhangelskyj
Prediscosphaera avitus
Prediscosphaera columnata
Prediscosphaera implumis
Prediscosphaera ponticula
Rhombolithion duodecostatum
Rhombolithion horellii
Rhombolithion octocostatum
Rotelapillus caravacaensis
Rotelapillus crenulatus
Rotelapillus munitus

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Broinsonia bevieri Bukry(l969, p.21, pl.l, fi9.B)
Broinsonia furtiva Bukry(l969, p.22, pl.2, fig.l)
Broinsonia }area constricta Haltner et al.(l9BO, p.23,pl.2, fig.lBroinsonia ~area expansa Wise&Watkins in Wise(l983, p.SO~pl.9, figs. -4)
Cruciplacolithus salebrosus Black(l97l,p.397,pl.30,fig.4)
PaleopontosGhaera veterna Prins, 1969 ex Rood et al.
(1973, p.37 • pl.lll, fig.2)
Phanulithus additus Wind&Wise in Wf~e&Wind(l977, p.304,pl.30, fig.2)
Chiasmolithus parvus Barrier (1977,p.27,pl.Xlll,fig.l)
Corollithion acutum Thierstein in Roth&Thierstein(1972, pl.2, figs.l,2)
Cretarhabdus lateralis Black(l97l,p.4QO, pl.21, fig.S)
Cribrosphaera hauteriviana Black(l971, p.42l,pl.33,fig.8)
Watznaueria fasciata Wind&tepek(l979, p.7, fig.S)
lithastrinus septentrionalis Stradner(l963, p. 11, pl.2,fig.7)
Broinsonia stenostaurion Hill(l976, p.l27,128, pl.3.
figs.21-24)
Zygodiscus compactus Bukry(l969, p.59, pl.34, fig.2)
Tetralithus quadratus Stradner(l961, p.86, fig.92)
Crepidolithus cohenii Perch-Nielsen(l968,p.37,pl.2,fig.7)
Corollithion perch-nielseniae Filewicz et al. in Wise &Wind(l977, p.310, pl.6l, fig.3)
Corollithion silvaradion Filewicz et al. in Wise&Wind(1977, p.31o, p\.62, fig.6)
Discorhabdus biperforatus Rood et al.(l973, p.381, pl.II~fig.7)
Eiffellithus cretaceus arkhangelskyj Reinhardt (1965,p.35
pl.2, fig.1)
Deflandrius avitus Black(l973, p.84, pl.27, fig. 11)
Oeflandrius columnatus Stover(l966, p. 141, pl.6, fig.B)
Deflandrius implumis Black(l973, p.86, pl.27,fig.2)
Prediscosphaera cretacea ponticula Bukry(l969, p.39,pl.l7. fig.ll)
Oiadorhombus duodecostatus Goy in Goy et al.(l979, p.41,pl.3, fig.S)
Diadorhombus horrellii Rood&Barnard(l972, p.337,338,pl.Il, fig.l2)
Oiadorhombus octocostata Rood&Barnard(l972, p.337, pl.II,fig. 11)
Ste~hanolithion caravacaensis GrUn in GrUn&Allemann(19 5, p.\88,189, pl.VII, figs.l,2)
Stephanolithion crenulatum Stover(l966, p.l6,pl.7,fig.26)
Stephanolithion munitum Perch-Nielsen(1973, p.326, pl.2,fig.7)43

Rotelapillus octorad1atus
So ll as 1tes hayj
Sollas1tes p1nnatus
Stephanol1th1on elongatum
Stephano11~h1on

octum

Stradner11thus callomon11
Stradnerlithus e111pticus
Stradnerlithus fractus
Stradnerlithus fragilis
Stradnerlithus lang1i
Stradner11thus sexiramatus
Tranolithus macleodiae
Tranolithus minimus
Truncatoscaphus pauciramosus_Truncatoscaphus senarius
Zeugrhabdotus embergeri
Zeugrhabdotus pseudanthophorus

Corollithion octoradiatium Gartner(1968, p.35,36, pl.lO,fig.14)
Cruciplacolithus hayj Black(1973, p.66,67, p1.23, fig.9)
Cruciplaco11thus pinnatus Black(1971, p.397, p1.30, fig.S)
Stephanolithion speciosum elongatum Medd(1979, p.52, p1.4,fig.9).
Stephanolith1on speciosum octum Rood&Barnard(1972, p.330,pl.I, fig.2)
Diadozygus callomonii Rood et a1.(1971, p.256, pl.I, fig.8)
Coroll ithion ell ipticum Bukry( 1969, p.40, p1.18, fig.lO)
Corollithion fractum Black(1973, p.94, p1.29, fig.14)
Actinozygus fragilis Rood&Barnard(1972,p.334,p1.11, fig.9)
Diadozygus langii Rood&Barnard(1972, p.334, pl.II, fig.l)
Zygolithus sexiramatus Pienaar(1969, p.116, pl.lO, f1g.9)
Zygodiscus macleodiae Bukry(1969, p.60, p1.35, fig.2)
Zygodiscus minimus Bukry(1969, p.61, p1.35, fig.lO)
Stradnerlithus pauciramosus Black(1973, p.98,99, fig.47)
Corollithion senarius Wind&Wise in Wise&Wind(1977, p.300,pUS, fig.3)
Discolithus embergeri No~1(1959, p. 164, pl. 1, figs.S-B)
Zygodiscus7 ~seudanthophorus Bramlette&Martini(1964,p.303,p1.4, figs.l ,18)

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