Full reference: H. Stradner. 1962. Über neue und wenig bekannte Nannofossilien aus Kreide und Alttertiär. Verhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (Wien) 2:363-377
Parent taxon: Coccolithophyceae according to H. Stradner 1962
Sister taxa: Biantholithus, Braarudosphaerales, Ceratolithaceae, Coccolithales, Daktylethra, Discoasterales, Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, Ellipsolithus, Gladiolithus, Ilselithina, Isochrysidales, Minylitha, Neosphaera, Pedinocyclus, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Rhomboasteraceae, Tetralithoides, Transversopontis, Zygodiscales, Eodiscoaster, Watznaueriales, Cyclicargolithus, Lapideacassaceae, Discoasteroides, Prymnesiophycidae, Stephanolithiales, Syracosphaerales, Tetralithus, Sphenolithus, Arkhangelskiales, Eiffellithales, Goniolithaceae, Podorhabdales, Calyptrosphaeraceae
Subtaxa: Lanternithus minutus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Slovenia (1 collection)
• Eocene of Jordan (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Missouri)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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