Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Parent taxon: Prymnesiophycidae according to K. Perch-Nielsen 1985
Sister taxa: Braarudosphaeraceae, Centosphaera, Ceratolithina, Ceratolithoides, Coccolithites, Coccolithus, 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: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Oligocene of North Pacific (1 collection)
• Eocene of North Atlantic (17), South Pacific (16), United States (2: California)
• Paleocene to Eocene of South Pacific (1)
Total: 37 collections including 49 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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