Parent taxon: Haptophyta according to M. Hyzny et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Aspidorhabdus, Camuralithus, Coccolithophyceae, Conococcolithus, Corannulus, Craspedolithus, Crassapontosphaera, Crassidiscus, Cricosphaera, Cyclolithella, Cycloperfolithus, Discoasteridae, Duplexipodorhabdus, Ellipsodiscoaster, Helicosphaera, Heliorthus, Koczyia, Leptodiscus, Lithostromationaceae, Nannocorbis, Orthozygus, Pervilithus, Phanulithus, Pyrocyclus, Reticulofenestra, Rhabdolithina, Sphenaster, Striatococcolithus, Umbilicosphaera, Vermiculithina, Wiseorhabdus
Subtaxa: Syracosphaera heimii Syracosphaera mediterranea
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Miocene of Slovakia (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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