Coccolithophyceae - Discoasterales
Full reference: W. W. Hay. 1977. Calcareous nannofossils. Oceanic Micropalaentology 1055-1200
Parent taxon: Coccolithophyceae according to P. R. Bown 2010
Sister taxa: Athenagalea, Biantholithus, Braarudosphaerales, Ceratolithaceae, Coccolithales, Coccosphaerales, Daktylethra, Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, Ellipsolithus, Gladiolithus, Ilselithina, Isochrysidales, Lanternithus, Minylitha, Neosphaera, Pedinocyclus, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Rhomboasteraceae, Tetralithoides, Transversopontis, Zygodiscales, Prymnesiophycidae, Watznaueriales, Stephanolithiales, Discoasteroides, Podorhabdales, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Eodiscoaster, Eiffellithales, Goniolithaceae, Sphenolithus, Syracosphaerales, Tetralithus, Arkhangelskiales, Cyclicargolithus, Lapideacassaceae
Subtaxa: Discoasteraceae Fasciculithaceae Heliolithaceae
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (1 collection), South Pacific (2)
• Pliocene of Indian Ocean (1)
• Miocene of Indian Ocean (64), Indonesia (1), North Atlantic (1), North Pacific (66), South Pacific (8)
• Oligocene of Indian Ocean (2), South Pacific (1)
• Eocene of Indian Ocean (4), North Atlantic (8), South Pacific (5)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Indian Ocean (3), North Atlantic (5), South Pacific (3)
• Paleocene of Indian Ocean (16), North Atlantic (49), South Pacific (24), Tanzania (1), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of North Atlantic (4), South Pacific (2)
• Cretaceous of Indian Ocean (2)
Total: 274 collections including 555 occurrences