Full reference: D. Bukry and M. N. Bramlette. 1971. Validation of Pedinocyclus and Quinquerhabdus new calcareous nannoplankton genera. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8:122
Parent taxon: Coccolithophyceae according to J. R. Young and P. R. Bown 1997
Sister taxa: Athenagalea, Biantholithus, Braarudosphaerales, Ceratolithaceae, Coccolithales, Daktylethra, Discoasterales, Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, Ellipsolithus, Gladiolithus, Ilselithina, Isochrysidales, Lanternithus, Minylitha, Neosphaera, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Rhomboasteraceae, Tetralithoides, Transversopontis, Zygodiscales, Tetralithus, Eodiscoaster, Podorhabdales, Sphenolithus, Watznaueriales, Eiffellithales, Arkhangelskiales, Prymnesiophycidae, Lapideacassaceae, Goniolithaceae, Stephanolithiales, Cyclicargolithus, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Syracosphaerales, Discoasteroides
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Indian Ocean (2 collections), North Pacific (10)
• Eocene to Oligocene of North Pacific (8)
• Eocene of North Atlantic (3), North Pacific (9)
• Cenozoic of Indian Ocean (1)
• Cretaceous of Indian Ocean (1)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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