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ALTHOUGH the calcareous nannoplankton have been the subject of considerable research during the past two decades, the factors which influenced the distribution of the fossil representatives of this group have been rather neglected. Several authors, however, allude to features of morphology, for example, thickening within species of Discoaster1–4 or the distribution of families or species of the calcareous nannoplankton which they attribute to the influence or in some instances lack of influence of ecological factors2,3,5.
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RAMSAY, A. Aspects of the Distribution of Fossil Species of Calcareous Nannoplankton in North Atlantic and Caribbean Sediments. Nature 236, 67–70 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/236067a0
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