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, Sphenolithus, Eiffellithales, Prymnesiophycidae, Lapideacassaceae, Arkhangelskiales, Syracosphaerales, Goniolithaceae, Cyclicargolithus, Discoasteroides, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Stephanolithiales, Eodiscoaster, Podorhabdales, Tetralithus, Watznaueriales
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Athenagalea in the database
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