Coccolithophyceae - Ceratolithaceae
Alternative combination: Ceratolithus primus
Belongs to Amaurolithus according to Gartner and Bukry 1975
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of South Pacific (1 collection)
• NN16 of Indian Ocean (1), South Pacific (3)
• Pliocene of Indian Ocean (24), North Atlantic (3), North Pacific (5), South Atlantic (1), South Pacific (19)
• NN12 of Indian Ocean (22), South Atlantic (8), South Pacific (9)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Pacific (2)
• Miocene of Indian Ocean (104), North Atlantic (3), North Pacific (39), South Atlantic (16), South Pacific (8), Tanzania (1)
• Oligocene of North Atlantic (2)
• Cenozoic of Indian Ocean (1)
Total: 272 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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