Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Parent taxon: Prymnesiophycidae according to P. R. Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Braarudosphaeraceae, Centosphaera, Ceratolithina, Ceratolithoides, Chiphragmalithus, Coccolithites, Coccolithus, Cricolithus, Cruciplacolithus, Discoaster, Eoconusphaeraceae, Haqius, Kokia, Liliasterites, Markalius, Marthasterites, Microrhabdulaceae, Nannoconaceae, Neochiastozygus, Orthogonoides, Pontosphaera, Prinsiosphaera, Prolatipatella, Repagulum, Rhabdolithus, Schizosphaerellaceae, Tortolithus, Watkinsia, Zygolithus, Zygrhablithus
Subtaxa: Triquetrorhabdulus shetlandensis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• NN16 of Indian Ocean (1 collection)
• Pliocene of North Atlantic (3), North Pacific (8), South Pacific (1)
• NN12 of Indian Ocean (8)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Indian Ocean (1), North Pacific (1)
• Miocene of Indian Ocean (152), North Atlantic (27), North Pacific (354), South Atlantic (2), South Pacific (18)
• NN1 of Indian Ocean (7), North Atlantic (5), North Pacific (17)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Indian Ocean (2), North Atlantic (19), North Pacific (35), South Pacific (3)
• Oligocene of Indian Ocean (21), North Atlantic (61), North Pacific (126), South Pacific (15)
• Eocene to Oligocene of North Atlantic (1)
• Eocene of North Atlantic (3), North Pacific (1), South Pacific (2)
• Paleocene of Indian Ocean (1), North Atlantic (2)
Total: 897 collections including 1026 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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