Coccolithophyceae - Ceratolithaceae
Full reference: M. N. Bramlette and J. A. Wilcoxon. 1967. Middle Tertiary calcareous nannoplankton of the Cipero section, Trinidad, W.I. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 5:93-131
Parent taxon: Ceratolithaceae according to J. R. Young and P. R. Bown 2014
Sister taxa: Amaurolithus, Angulolithina, Ceratolithus, Florisphaera, Nicklithus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Indian Ocean (2 collections), North Pacific (5)
• NN12 of Indian Ocean (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Pacific (1)
• Miocene of Indian Ocean (39), North Pacific (108)
• NN1 of Indian Ocean (3), North Pacific (4)
• Oligocene to Miocene of North Pacific (1)
• Oligocene of South Pacific (3)
Total: 168 collections including 170 occurrences
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