Full reference: S. Theodoridis. 1984. Calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the Miocene and revision of the helicoliths and discoasters. Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletin 32:1-271
Parent taxon: Coccolithophyceae according to R.W. Jordan et al. 1993
See also Theodoridis 1984
Sister taxa: Athenagalea, Biantholithus, Braarudosphaerales, Ceratolithaceae, Coccolithales, Daktylethra, Discoasterales, Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, Ellipsolithus, Gladiolithus, Ilselithina, Isochrysidales, Lanternithus, Minylitha, Neosphaera, Pedinocyclus, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Rhomboasteraceae, Transversopontis, Zygodiscales, Discoasteroides, Prymnesiophycidae, Eodiscoaster, Lapideacassaceae, Stephanolithiales, Watznaueriales, Goniolithaceae, Tetralithus, Syracosphaerales, Sphenolithus, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Cyclicargolithus, Podorhabdales, Eiffellithales, Arkhangelskiales
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• NN21 of Indian Ocean (1 collection)
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (8), South Pacific (6)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indian Ocean (3)
• Pliocene of Indian Ocean (1), North Pacific (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Pacific (1)
• Miocene of India (1), Indian Ocean (4), North Pacific (18)
• Oligocene to Miocene of North Pacific (1)
• Eocene of North Atlantic (2)
Total: 47 collections each including a single occurrence
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