Full reference: M. N. Bramlette and J. A. Wilcoxon. 1967. Middle Tertiary calcareous nannoplankton of the Cipero section, Trinidad, W.I. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 5:93-131
Parent taxon: Haptophyta according to M. N. Bramlette and J. A. Wilcoxon 1967
Sister taxa: Aspidorhabdus, Camuralithus, Coccolithophyceae, Conococcolithus, Corannulus, Craspedolithus, Crassapontosphaera, Crassidiscus, Cricosphaera, Cyclolithella, Cycloperfolithus, Discoasteridae, Ellipsodiscoaster, Helicosphaera, Heliorthus, Koczyia, Leptodiscus, Lithostromationaceae, Nannocorbis, Pervilithus, Phanulithus, Pyrocyclus, Reticulofenestra, Rhabdolithina, Sphenaster, Striatococcolithus, Syracosphaera, Umbilicosphaera, Vermiculithina, Wiseorhabdus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orthozygus in the database
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