Coccolithophyceae - Ceratolithaceae
Parent taxon: Coccolithophyceae according to R. E. Norris 1965
Sister taxa: Athenagalea, Biantholithus, Braarudosphaerales, Coccolithales, Daktylethra, Discoasterales, Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, Ellipsolithus, Gladiolithus, Ilselithina, Isochrysidales, Lanternithus, Minylitha, Neosphaera, Pedinocyclus, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Rhomboasteraceae, Tetralithoides, Transversopontis, Zygodiscales, Prymnesiophycidae, Tetralithus, Cyclicargolithus, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Syracosphaerales, Watznaueriales, Stephanolithiales, Goniolithaceae, Eiffellithales, Arkhangelskiales, Eodiscoaster, Podorhabdales, Sphenolithus, Lapideacassaceae, Discoasteroides
Subtaxa: Amaurolithus Angulolithina Ceratolithus Florisphaera Nicklithus Orthorhabdus
Type: Ceratolithus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• NN21 of Indian Ocean (113 collections), North Atlantic (5), North Pacific (39), South Atlantic (1), South Pacific (34)
• Brunhes of North Pacific (9)
• G. ruber PRZ of Indian Ocean (20)
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (540), North Atlantic (123), North Pacific (235), South Atlantic (3), South Pacific (129)
• NN16 of Indian Ocean (99), North Pacific (5), South Atlantic (1), South Pacific (10)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indian Ocean (24), North Atlantic (2), North Pacific (11)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Indian Ocean (253), North Atlantic (19), North Pacific (152), South Atlantic (9), South Pacific (23)
• NN12 of Indian Ocean (57), North Pacific (16), South Atlantic (12), South Pacific (10)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indian Ocean (4), North Atlantic (1), North Pacific (12)
• Miocene of Ecuador (1), Indian Ocean (306), Italy (1), North Atlantic (10), North Pacific (247), South Atlantic (29), South Pacific (9), Tanzania (1)
• Neogene of Indian Ocean (1), South Pacific (2)
• NN1 of Indian Ocean (3), North Pacific (4)
• Oligocene to Miocene of North Pacific (1)
• Oligocene of North Atlantic (2), North Pacific (1), South Pacific (3)
• Eocene of North Atlantic (16)
• Paleocene to Eocene of North Atlantic (1)
• Cenozoic of Indian Ocean (6)
• Paleocene of North Atlantic (5)
• Paleogene of South Pacific (1)
• Cretaceous of North Pacific (1)
Total: 2623 collections including 3906 occurrences