Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae
Parent taxon: Polycyclolithaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Assipetra, Eprolithus, Farhania, Hayesites, Hexalithus, Lithastrinus, Micula, Polycostella, Quadrum, Radiolithus, Rucinolithus, Tegulalithus
Subtaxa: Uniplanarius clarkei Uniplanarius gothicus Uniplanarius sissinghii Uniplanarius trifidus
Type: Tetralithus gothicus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of North Pacific (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Belgium (1), Indian Ocean (1), Israel (1), North Atlantic (5), North Pacific (5), Romania (1), Tanzania (2)
• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (8)
Total: 26 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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