Coccolithophyceae - Coccolithales
Full reference: E. Schwarz. 1932. Beitrage zur Entwicklungsgeschichte der Protophyten. IX. Der Formwechsel von Ochrosphaera neapolitana. Archiv für Protistenkunde 77:434-462
Parent taxon: Coccolithophyceae according to E. Schwarz 1932
Sister taxa: Athenagalea, Biantholithus, Braarudosphaerales, Ceratolithaceae, Daktylethra, Discoasterales, Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, Ellipsolithus, Gladiolithus, Ilselithina, Isochrysidales, Lanternithus, Minylitha, Neosphaera, Pedinocyclus, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Rhomboasteraceae, Tetralithoides, Transversopontis, Zygodiscales, Stephanolithiales, Podorhabdales, Watznaueriales, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Sphenolithus, Eodiscoaster, Eiffellithales, Discoasteroides, Tetralithus, Lapideacassaceae, Syracosphaerales, Prymnesiophycidae, Arkhangelskiales, Goniolithaceae, Cyclicargolithus
Subtaxa: Coccolithaceae Hymenomonadaceae Pleurochrysidaceae
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of India (1 collection), Slovakia (2)
• Eocene of Azerbaijan (1), Italy (1), Jordan (1), Namibia (1), Tonga (1), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: California, Georgia)
• Paleocene of Argentina (5), New Zealand (1), Tanzania (1), United States (3: Missouri, South Carolina)
Total: 25 collections including 35 occurrences