†family Heliolithaceae Hay and Mohler 1967 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Discoasterales - Heliolithaceae

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: Discoasterales according to W. W. Hay and H. P. Mohler 1967

Sister taxa: Discoasteraceae, Fasciculithaceae

Subtaxa: Bomolithus Heliolithus

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Heliolithaceae in the database

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