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Fig. 11

From: Marine facies differentiation along complex paleotopography: an example from the Middle Miocene (Serravallian) of Lower Austria

Fig. 11

Microphotographs of calcareous nannofossils taxa found in the investigated samples. Taxa are shown under crossed and parallel nicols as specified and presented as equally sized images to illustrate size differences. A Coccolithus pelagicus subsp. pelagicus (Wallich, 1877) Schiller (1930), crossed nicols, sample: HA 511/11; B Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus (Gartner, 1967) Gartner (1969), crossed nicols, sample: HA 511/08; C Reticulofenestra pseudoumbilicus (Gartner, 1967) Gartner (1969), parallel nicols, same specimen as B; D Reticulofenestra haqii Backman (1978), crossed nicols, Sample: HA 573/07; E Reticulofenestra minuta Roth (1970), crossed nicols, sample: HA 573/07; F Cyclicargolithus floridanus (Roth & Hay, in Hay et al., 1967) Bukry (1971), crossed nicols, sample: HA 573/07; G Calcidiscus premacintyrei Theodoridis (1984), sample: HA 511/08; H Calcidiscus macintyrei (Bukry and Bramlette, 1969) Loeblich and Tappan (1978), crossed nicols, sample HA 511/11; I Umbilicosphaera jafari Muller (1974), crossed nicols, sample HA 511/11; J Umbilicosphaera rotula (Kamptner, 1956) Varol (1982), crossed nicols, sample HA 511/08; K Helicosphaera carteri (Wallich, 1877) Kamptner (1954), crossed nicols, sample HA 66/08; L Helicosphaera carteri (Wallich, 1877) Kamptner (1954), parallel nicols, same specimen as K; M Helicosphaera vedderi Bukry (1981), crossed nicols, sample HA 66/08; N Helicosphaera vedderi, parallel nicols, sampe specimen as M; O Helicosphaera stalis Theodoridis (1984), crossed nicols, sample HA 66/08; P Helicosphaera walbersdorfensis Müller (1974), crossed nicols, sample HA 66/08; Q H. walbersdorfensis, parallel nicols, same specimen as P; R Sphenolithus moriformis (Brönnimann & Stradner, 1960) Bramlette & Wilcoxon (1967), crossed nicols 90°, sample HA 511/08; S S. moriformis, crossed nicols 45°, same specimen as R; T Discoaster sp. Tan Sin Hok (1927) (cf. D. exilis; Martini and Bramlette, 1963), parallel nicols, sample HA 511/08; U Discoaster exilis Martini and Bramlette (1963) (cf. D. cauliflorus Browning & Bergen, in Browning et al., 2017), parallel nicols, sample HA 573/07; V Discoaster exilis Martini and Bramlette (1963), parallel nicols, sample HA 66/19; W Rhabdosphaera xiphos (Deflandre & Fert, 1954) Norris (1984), crossed nicols, sample HA 511/11; X Braarudosphaera bigelowii (Gran & Braarud, 1935) Deflandre (1947), crossed nicols, sample HA 66/07; Y Syracosphaera sp. (cf. S. mediterranea) Lohmann (1902), crossed nicols, sample HA 573/02

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