Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Belongs to Discoaster according to Martini and Bramlette 1963
Sister taxa: Discoaster adamanteus, Discoaster bellus, Discoaster brouweri, Discoaster deflandrei, Discoaster intercalaris, Discoaster quinqueramus, Discoaster variabilis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• NN21 of North Pacific (1 collection)
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (34), North Atlantic (3), North Pacific (7), South Pacific (9)
• NN16 of Indian Ocean (105), North Pacific (5), South Atlantic (2), South Pacific (8)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indian Ocean (1), North Atlantic (2)
• Pliocene of Indian Ocean (196), Italy (1), North Atlantic (61), North Pacific (143), South Atlantic (29), South Pacific (16)
• NN12 of Indian Ocean (59), North Pacific (12), South Atlantic (12), South Pacific (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indian Ocean (7), North Atlantic (1), North Pacific (12), South Pacific (1)
• Miocene of Indian Ocean (319), North Atlantic (8), North Pacific (174), South Atlantic (27), South Pacific (9), Tanzania (1)
• Eocene of North Atlantic (3)
• Cenozoic of Indian Ocean (2)
Total: 1271 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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