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:
• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection), Italy (2)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Italy (1)
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (2), Ecuador (2), France (1), Greece (1), India (1), Italy (1), Micronesia (7), Slovakia (3), Slovenia (1), Taiwan (1), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of Jordan (1), Namibia (1), Tonga (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: California, Georgia)
• Paleocene of Argentina (5), Tanzania (1), United States (3: Missouri, South Carolina)
Total: 44 collections including 84 occurrences
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