Coccolithophyceae - Coccolithales - Coccolithaceae
Full reference: W. W. Hay, H. P. Mohler, and M. E. Wade. 1966. Calcareous nannofossils from Nal'chik (northwest Caucasus). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 59:379-399
Parent taxon: Coccolithaceae according to J. R. Young and P. R. Bown 1997
Sister taxa: Bicolumnus, Birkelundia, Bramletteius, Campylosphaera, Clausicoccus, Coronocyclus, Ericsonia, Gephyrorhabdus, Holodiscolithus, Hughesius, Praeprinsius, Solidopons
Subtaxa: Chiasmolithus bidens Chiasmolithus consuetus Chiasmolithus danicus Chiasmolithus eograndis Chiasmolithus expansus Chiasmolithus grandis Chiasmolithus modestus Chiasmolithus oamaruensis Chiasmolithus solitus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of Jordan (1 collection), Namibia (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Georgia)
• Paleocene of Argentina (5), New Zealand (1), United States (2: Missouri, South Carolina)
Total: 12 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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