Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Parent taxon: Microrhabdulaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
See also Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Microrhabdulinus, Microrhabduloidus, Microrhabdulus, Pseudolithraphidites, Pseudomicula
Subtaxa: Lithraphidites acutus Lithraphidites alatus Lithraphidites bollii Lithraphidites carniolensis Lithraphidites grossopectinatus Lithraphidites kennethii Lithraphidites morayfirthensis Lithraphidites praequadratus Lithraphidites pseudoquadratus Lithraphidites quadratus
Type: Lithraphidites carniolensis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Austria (1), Germany (1), Tanzania (5), United States (7: Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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