Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Parent taxon: Prymnesiophycidae according to A. Farinacci 1969
Sister taxa: Braarudosphaeraceae, Centosphaera, Ceratolithina, Ceratolithoides, Chiphragmalithus, Coccolithites, Coccolithus, 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:
• Quaternary of South Pacific (23 collections)
• Pliocene of South Pacific (12)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Pacific (1)
• Miocene of South Pacific (4)
• Cretaceous of South Atlantic (1)
Total: 41 collections including 42 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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