Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Parent taxon: Prymnesiophycidae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Braarudosphaeraceae, Centosphaera, Ceratolithina, Chiphragmalithus, 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: Ceratolithoides aculeus Ceratolithoides amplector Ceratolithoides arcuatus Ceratolithoides brevicorniculans Ceratolithoides indiensis Ceratolithoides kamptneri Ceratolithoides longissimus Ceratolithoides pricei Ceratolithoides prominens Ceratolithoides quadriarcuatus Ceratolithoides sagittatus Ceratolithoides self-trailiae Ceratolithoides sesquipedalis Ceratolithoides ultimus Ceratolithoides verbeekii
Type: Ceratolithoides kamptneri
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Indian Ocean (1 collection)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of North Atlantic (1)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (2), Indian Ocean (1), Israel (1), North Atlantic (3), Tanzania (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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