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, Eiffellithales, Syracosphaerales, Goniolithaceae, Arkhangelskiales, Cyclicargolithus, Tetralithus, Prymnesiophycidae, Stephanolithiales, Eodiscoaster, Discoasteroides, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Lapideacassaceae, Podorhabdales, Sphenolithus, Watznaueriales
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Indian Ocean (1 collection)
• Eocene of Indian Ocean (2), North Atlantic (21), North Pacific (5), South Pacific (1), United States (2: California)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Indian Ocean (1), North Atlantic (4)
• Paleocene of Indian Ocean (6), North Atlantic (25), Tanzania (1), United States (1: South Carolina)
Total: 70 collections including 88 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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