Family Pontosphaeraceae Lemmermann 1908 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Zygodiscales - Pontosphaeraceae

Full reference: E. Lemmermann. 1908. Flagellatae, Chlorophyceae, Coccosphaerales und Silicoflagellatae. Nordisches Plankton. Botanischer Teil 1-40

Parent taxon: Zygodiscales according to P. C. Silva 1980

Sister taxa: Helicosphaeraceae, Zygodiscaceae

Subtaxa: Calciopilleus Scyphosphaera

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Italy (1)

• Eocene of Jordan (1), Ukraine (2)

Total: 5 collections including 7 occurrences

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