Ellis & Messina Catalogues of Micropaleontology

To open a type description returned by your search, click on the line containing the taxon name.

  • Search terms may be truncated and are not case-sensitive. For example, "actinos" in the genus field will return all taxa originally named in the genus Actinosiphon, while "glob" in the least trivial name (LTN) field will return all taxa whose unique names begin with this term. Entering "ciz" in the author field will return all taxa named by Cizancourt. Try it.
  • The wildcard character "*" may be substituted for one or more letters within a search term. The term "m*pora" will match both micropora and millepora. Try it.
  • The easiest, and also most reliable way to find a particular taxon is to search on a combination of genus and least trivial name, using terms truncated to their roots.