Full reference: J.G. Hattner and S.W. Wise. 1980. Upper Cretaceous calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of South Carolina. South Carolina Geology 24:41-117
Parent taxon: Coccolithophyceae according to J.G. Hattner and S.W. Wise 1980
Sister taxa: Biantholithus, Braarudosphaerales, Ceratolithaceae, Coccolithales, Daktylethra, Discoasterales, Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, Ellipsolithus, Gladiolithus, Ilselithina, Isochrysidales, Lanternithus, Minylitha, Neosphaera, Pedinocyclus, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Rhomboasteraceae, Tetralithoides, Transversopontis, Zygodiscales, Tetralithus, Stephanolithiales, Watznaueriales, Syracosphaerales, Podorhabdales, Lapideacassaceae, Sphenolithus, Eiffellithales, Eodiscoaster, Cyclicargolithus, Goniolithaceae, Prymnesiophycidae, Discoasteroides, Arkhangelskiales, Calyptrosphaeraceae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Athenagalea in the database
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