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
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of South Pacific (1 collection)
• Eocene of Indian Ocean (4), North Atlantic (1), South Pacific (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Indian Ocean (1), North Atlantic (2)
• Paleocene of Indian Ocean (7), North Atlantic (15), South Pacific (14)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of North Atlantic (2)
• Cretaceous of Indian Ocean (2)
Total: 50 collections including 68 occurrences