Full reference: M. N. Bramlette and E. Martini. 1964. The great change in calcareous nannoplankton fossils between the Maestrichtian and Danian. Micropaleontology 10(2):291-322
Parent taxon: Coccolithophyceae according to M. N. Bramlette and E. Martini 1964
Sister taxa: Braarudosphaerales, Ceratolithaceae, Coccolithales, Daktylethra, Discoasterales, Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, Ellipsolithus, Gladiolithus, Ilselithina, Isochrysidales, Lanternithus, Minylitha, Neosphaera, Pedinocyclus, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Rhomboasteraceae, Tetralithoides, Transversopontis, Zygodiscales, Watznaueriales, Eiffellithales, Tetralithus, Prymnesiophycidae, Stephanolithiales, Syracosphaerales, Eodiscoaster, Podorhabdales, Goniolithaceae, Sphenolithus, Arkhangelskiales, Discoasteroides, Lapideacassaceae, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Cyclicargolithus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Cerros Bayos (Paleocene of Argentina)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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