Full reference: W. W. Hay and K. M. Towe. 1962. Electron microscope examination of some coccoliths from Donzacq (France). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 55:497-517
Parent taxon: Haptophyta according to W. W. Hay and K. M. Towe 1962
Sister taxa: Aspidorhabdus, Coccolithophyceae, Conococcolithus, Corannulus, Craspedolithus, Crassapontosphaera, Cyclolithella, Discoasteridae, Ellipsodiscoaster, Helicosphaera, Heliorthus, Koczyia, Leptodiscus, Lithostromationaceae, Nannocorbis, Orthozygus, Reticulofenestra, Rhabdolithina, Sphenaster, Striatococcolithus, Syracosphaera, Umbilicosphaera, Vermiculithina, Wiseorhabdus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pyrocyclus in the database
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