Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Parent taxon: Prymnesiophycidae according to K. Perch-Nielsen 1985
Sister taxa: Braarudosphaeraceae, Centosphaera, Ceratolithina, Ceratolithoides, Chiphragmalithus, Coccolithites, Coccolithus, Cricolithus, Cruciplacolithus, Eoconusphaeraceae, Haqius, Kokia, Liliasterites, Markalius, Marthasterites, Microrhabdulaceae, Nannoconaceae, Neochiastozygus, Orthogonoides, Pontosphaera, Prinsiosphaera, Prolatipatella, Repagulum, Rhabdolithus, Schizosphaerellaceae, Tortolithus, Triquetrorhabdulus, Watkinsia, Zygolithus, Zygrhablithus
Subtaxa: Discoaster adamanteus Discoaster bellus Discoaster brouweri Discoaster deflandrei Discoaster intercalaris Discoaster quinqueramus Discoaster surculus Discoaster variabilis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Italy (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1)
• Miocene of Ecuador (2), Greece (1), India (1), Italy (1), Micronesia (7), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (1), Taiwan (1), Tanzania (1)
• Oligocene of Costa Rica (1), United States (1: Virginia)
• Eocene of Azerbaijan (1), Jordan (1), Namibia (1), Tonga (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: California, Georgia)
• Paleocene of United States (2: South Carolina)
Total: 35 collections including 124 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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