Full reference: F. R. Sullivan. 1964. Lower Tertiary nannoplankton from the California Coast Ranges. I. Paleocene. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 44:163-227
Parent taxon: Coccolithophyceae according to J. R. Young and P. R. Bown 1997
Sister taxa: Athenagalea, Biantholithus, Braarudosphaerales, Ceratolithaceae, Coccolithales, Daktylethra, Discoasterales, Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, Gladiolithus, Ilselithina, Isochrysidales, Lanternithus, Minylitha, Neosphaera, Pedinocyclus, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Rhomboasteraceae, Tetralithoides, Transversopontis, Zygodiscales, Sphenolithus, Eiffellithales, Prymnesiophycidae, Lapideacassaceae, Arkhangelskiales, Syracosphaerales, Goniolithaceae, Cyclicargolithus, Discoasteroides, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Stephanolithiales, Eodiscoaster, Podorhabdales, Tetralithus, Watznaueriales
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)
• Paleocene of Tanzania (1), United States (1: South Carolina)
Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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