Coccolithophyceae - Isochrysidales
Full reference: A. Pascher. 1910. Chrysomonaden aus dem Hirschberger Grossteiche: Untersuchungen über die Flora des Hirschberger Grossteiches. I. Teil. Monographien und Abhandlungen zur Internationale Revue der gesamten Hydrobiologie und Hydrographie 1:1-66
Parent taxon: Coccolithophyceae according to J. R. Young et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Athenagalea, Biantholithus, Braarudosphaerales, Ceratolithaceae, Coccolithales, Daktylethra, Discoasterales, Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, Ellipsolithus, Gladiolithus, Ilselithina, Lanternithus, Minylitha, Neosphaera, Pedinocyclus, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Rhomboasteraceae, Tetralithoides, Transversopontis, Zygodiscales, Sphenolithus, Eiffellithales, Prymnesiophycidae, Lapideacassaceae, Arkhangelskiales, Syracosphaerales, Goniolithaceae, Cyclicargolithus, Discoasteroides, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Stephanolithiales, Eodiscoaster, Podorhabdales, Tetralithus, Watznaueriales
Subtaxa: Gephyrocapsaceae Isochrysidaceae Noelaerhabdaceae Prinsiaceae
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection), Italy (3)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Miocene of Greece (1), Tanzania (1), United States (1: California)
• Eocene of Italy (1), Tonga (1), Ukraine (3), United States (1: Georgia)
• Paleocene of Argentina (10), Denmark (1), New Zealand (1), Tanzania (1), United States (3: Missouri, South Carolina)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1)
Total: 31 collections including 54 occurrences