Family Zygodiscaceae Hay and Mohler 1967 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Zygodiscales - Zygodiscaceae

Full reference: W. W. Hay and H. P. Mohler. 1967. Calcareous nannoplankton from Early Tertiary rocks at Point Labau, France and Paleocene-Early Eocene correlations. Journal of Paleontology 41(6):1505-1541

Parent taxon: Zygodiscales according to W. W. Hay and H. P. Mohler 1967

Sister taxa: Helicosphaeraceae, Pontosphaeraceae

Subtaxa: Isthmolithus Lophodolithus Nannotetrina Neococcolithes Zygodiscus

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Type: Zygodiscus

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Eocene of Jordan (1 collection), Namibia (1), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: California)

• Paleocene of Argentina (5), United States (1: South Carolina)

• Cretaceous of Canada (7: Alberta)

• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (1)

Total: 22 collections including 42 occurrences

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