Modern (left) and Jurassic (right) coccolithophore exoskeletons (coccospheres). (IMAGE)

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Modern (left) and Jurassic (right) coccolithophore exoskeletons (coccospheres).

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The individual plates are coccoliths.

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Images from Nannotax https://www.mikrotax.org/Nannotax3/.

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