Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae
Synonym: Polycyclolilthus Forchheimer 1968
Parent taxon: Polycyclolithaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Assipetra, Farhania, Hayesites, Hexalithus, Lithastrinus, Micula, Polycostella, Quadrum, Radiolithus, Rucinolithus, Tegulalithus, Uniplanarius
Subtaxa: Eprolithus antiquus Eprolithus apertior Eprolithus floralis Eprolithus moratus Eprolithus octopetalus Eprolithus rarus
Type: Lithastrinus floralis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Canada (5: Alberta), Germany (1), South Atlantic (1), Tanzania (3), United States (1: Kansas)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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