Coccolithophyceae - Lapideacassaceae
Full reference: P. R. Bown and J. R. Young. 1997. Mesozoic calcareous nannoplankton classification. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 19:21-36
Parent taxon: Prymnesiophyceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Biantholithus, Braarudosphaerales, Ceratolithaceae, Coccolithales, Daktylethra, Discoasterales, Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, Ellipsolithus, Gladiolithus, Ilselithina, Isochrysidales, Lanternithus, Minylitha, Neosphaera, Pedinocyclus, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Rhomboasteraceae, Tetralithoides, Transversopontis, Zygodiscales, Eodiscoaster, Eiffellithales, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Prymnesiophycidae, Goniolithaceae, Tetralithus, Watznaueriales, Discoasteroides, Syracosphaerales, Stephanolithiales, Sphenolithus, Arkhangelskiales, Cyclicargolithus, Podorhabdales
Subtaxa: Lapideacassis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lapideacassaceae in the database