Full reference: H. Stradner and D. Adamiker. 1966. Nannofossilien aus Bohrkernen und ihre elektronenmikroskopische Bearbeitung. Erdoel-Erdgas Zeitschrift 82:330-341
Parent taxon: Coccolithophyceae according to J. R. Young and P. R. Bown 1997
Sister taxa: Athenagalea, Biantholithus, Braarudosphaerales, Ceratolithaceae, Coccolithales, Coccosphaerales, Daktylethra, Discoasterales, Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, Ellipsolithus, Gladiolithus, Isochrysidales, Lanternithus, Minylitha, Neosphaera, Pedinocyclus, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Rhomboasteraceae, Tetralithoides, Transversopontis, Zygodiscales, Eiffellithales, Discoasteroides, Eodiscoaster, Goniolithaceae, Cyclicargolithus, Stephanolithiales, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Syracosphaerales, Watznaueriales, Sphenolithus, Podorhabdales, Tetralithus, Prymnesiophycidae, Lapideacassaceae, Arkhangelskiales
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of South Pacific (1 collection)
• Miocene of North Pacific (16)
• Oligocene to Miocene of North Atlantic (1), North Pacific (13)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), North Atlantic (7), North Pacific (35)
• Eocene to Oligocene of North Pacific (1)
• Eocene of North Atlantic (12), North Pacific (1)
Total: 88 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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