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, Sphenolithus, Watznaueriales, Cyclicargolithus, Lapideacassaceae, Goniolithaceae, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Podorhabdales, Arkhangelskiales, Eiffellithales, Eodiscoaster, Prymnesiophycidae, Tetralithus, Stephanolithiales, Syracosphaerales
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Channa Kodi, [Quilon Limestone] (Miocene of India)
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