Coccolithophyceae - Ceratolithaceae
Full reference: H. Okada and S. Honjo. 1973. The distribution of oceanic coccolithophorids in the Pacific. Deep-Sea Research 20:355-374
Parent taxon: Ceratolithaceae according to R.W. Jordan et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Amaurolithus, Angulolithina, Ceratolithus, Nicklithus, Orthorhabdus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• NN21 of Indian Ocean (98 collections), North Pacific (26), South Atlantic (1), South Pacific (34)
• Brunhes of North Pacific (9)
• G. ruber PRZ of Indian Ocean (20)
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (434), North Atlantic (104), North Pacific (201), South Atlantic (2), South Pacific (95)
• NN16 of Indian Ocean (77), North Pacific (3), South Pacific (6)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indian Ocean (24), North Pacific (5)
• Pliocene of Indian Ocean (125), North Atlantic (2), North Pacific (77), South Atlantic (1)
• NN12 of Indian Ocean (15), North Pacific (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indian Ocean (2), North Pacific (5)
• Miocene of Indian Ocean (91), North Atlantic (1), North Pacific (50)
• Oligocene of North Pacific (1)
Total: 1511 collections including 1527 occurrences
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