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, Daktylethra, Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, Ellipsolithus, Gladiolithus, Ilselithina, Isochrysidales, Lanternithus, Minylitha, Neosphaera, Pedinocyclus, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Rhomboasteraceae, Tetralithoides, Transversopontis, Zygodiscales, Eiffellithales, Syracosphaerales, Goniolithaceae, Arkhangelskiales, Cyclicargolithus, Tetralithus, Prymnesiophycidae, Stephanolithiales, Eodiscoaster, Discoasteroides, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Lapideacassaceae, Podorhabdales, Sphenolithus, Watznaueriales
Subtaxa: Discoasteraceae Fasciculithaceae Heliolithaceae
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (1 collection), South Pacific (1)
• Pliocene of Indian Ocean (1)
• Miocene of Indian Ocean (6), South Pacific (1)
• 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 (4), South Pacific (3)
• Paleocene of Indian Ocean (16), North Atlantic (41), 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: 131 collections including 365 occurrences