Neochiastozygus Perch-Nielsen 1967 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae

Parent taxon: Prymnesiophycidae according to K. Perch-Nielsen 1985

Sister taxa: Braarudosphaeraceae, Centosphaera, Ceratolithina, Ceratolithoides, Chiphragmalithus, Coccolithites, Coccolithus, Cricolithus, Cruciplacolithus, Discoaster, Eoconusphaeraceae, Haqius, Kokia, Liliasterites, Markalius, Marthasterites, Microrhabdulaceae, Nannoconaceae, Orthogonoides, Pontosphaera, Prinsiosphaera, Prolatipatella, Repagulum, Rhabdolithus, Schizosphaerellaceae, Tortolithus, Triquetrorhabdulus, Watkinsia, Zygolithus, Zygrhablithus

Subtaxa: Neochiastozygus chiastus Neochiastozygus concinnus

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Miocene of Indian Ocean (5 collections)

• Eocene of North Pacific (2)

• Paleocene of Argentina (2), Denmark (1), Indian Ocean (4), North Atlantic (14), South Pacific (5), Tanzania (1), United States (1: Missouri)

Total: 35 collections including 40 occurrences

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