Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Synonyms: Coccolithophora Lohmann 1902, Cyclococcolithus Kamptner 1954, Cyclolithus Kamptner 1948, Tremalithus Kamptner 1948 ex Piviteau 1952 1952
Parent taxon: Prymnesiophycidae according to K. Perch-Nielsen 1985
See also Farinacci 1969 and Perch-Nielsen 1985
Sister taxa: Braarudosphaeraceae, Centosphaera, Ceratolithina, Ceratolithoides, Chiphragmalithus, Coccolithites, Cricolithus, Cruciplacolithus, Discoaster, Eoconusphaeraceae, Haqius, Kokia, Liliasterites, Markalius, Marthasterites, Microrhabdulaceae, Nannoconaceae, Neochiastozygus, Orthogonoides, Pontosphaera, Prinsiosphaera, Prolatipatella, Repagulum, Rhabdolithus, Schizosphaerellaceae, Tortolithus, Triquetrorhabdulus, Watkinsia, Zygolithus, Zygrhablithus
Subtaxa: Coccolithus bidens Coccolithus consuetus Coccolithus eminens Coccolithus expansus Coccolithus formosus Coccolithus grandis Coccolithus occultatus Coccolithus pelagicus Coccolithus solitus Coccolithus staurion Cyclococcolithina Cyclococcolithus formosus Cyclococcolithus luminis Cyclococcolithus reticulatus Tremalithus oamaruensis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• NN21 of Indian Ocean (11 collections), North Atlantic (2), North Pacific (43), South Pacific (4)
• Neodenticula seminae of North Pacific (2)
• G. truncatulinoides PRSZ of South Pacific (1)
• Brunhes of North Pacific (4)
• C1 of North Pacific (15)
• G. ruber PRZ of Indian Ocean (14)
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (305), Italy (2), North Atlantic (439), North Pacific (479), South Atlantic (50), South Pacific (341), Southern Ocean (1)
• C2 of North Pacific (2)
• Neodenticula koizumii of North Pacific (1)
• G. miocenica HOZ - Atlantic of Indian Ocean (1)
• NN16 of Indian Ocean (89), North Pacific (3), South Atlantic (3), South Pacific (12)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Indian Ocean (17), North Atlantic (11), North Pacific (16), South Pacific (6)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Indian Ocean (170), Italy (1), North Atlantic (77), North Pacific (137), South Atlantic (31), South Pacific (254)
• NN12 of Indian Ocean (35), North Pacific (2), South Atlantic (12), South Pacific (14)
• G. tumida/G. nepenthes CRZ - Atlantic of Indian Ocean (2)
• Neodenticula kamtschatica of North Pacific (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indian Ocean (5), North Atlantic (1), North Pacific (8), South Pacific (17)
• Neogene of Indian Ocean (4)
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (2), Ecuador (2), France (1), Greece (1), India (1), Indian Ocean (620), Italy (1), Micronesia (7), North Atlantic (45), North Pacific (736), Slovakia (3), Slovenia (1), South Atlantic (30), South Pacific (200), Southern Ocean (4), Taiwan (1), United States (1: California)
• NN1 of Indian Ocean (9), North Atlantic (5), North Pacific (17), South Pacific (4)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Indian Ocean (1), North Atlantic (15), North Pacific (31), South Pacific (13)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), Indian Ocean (41), North Atlantic (99), North Pacific (325), South Pacific (67), Southern Ocean (12)
• H. alabamensis HOZ of South Pacific (12)
• NP21 of North Pacific (13)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Indian Ocean (3), North Atlantic (4), North Pacific (37), South Pacific (16)
• Eocene of Indian Ocean (42), Jordan (1), Namibia (1), North Atlantic (215), North Pacific (177), South Pacific (187), Tonga (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: California, Georgia)
• Paleocene to Eocene of North Atlantic (4), South Pacific (4)
• Paleocene to Oligocene of Argentina (1)
• Paleogene of South Pacific (1)
• Cenozoic of Indian Ocean (7), South Pacific (2)
• Paleocene of Argentina (10), Indian Ocean (13), North Atlantic (52), South Atlantic (1), South Pacific (40), Tanzania (1), United States (3: Missouri, South Carolina)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of North Atlantic (4), South Pacific (3)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Indian Ocean (8)
Total: 5813 collections including 8243 occurrences
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