Calcareous phytoplankton fossil. Artwork of a fossil of the skeleton (coccosphere) of a coccolithotrope, a small marine algal organism. The coccospher

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Calcareous phytoplankton fossil. Artwork of a fossil of the skeleton (coccosphere) of a coccolithotrope, a small marine algal organism. The coccosphere consists of plates (coccoliths) of calcium carbonate. These skeletons can make up the major component of limestone rocks.

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Size: 5100px × 3400px
Photo credit: © CHRISTIAN DARKIN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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