Coccolithophyceae - Calyptrosphaeraceae
Parent taxon: Calyptrosphaeraceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Acuturris, Anfractus, Bifidalithus, Calculites, Coccosphaerida, Corisphaera, Dactylethra, Homozygosphaera, Isocrystallithus, Lacunolithus, Lucianorhabdus, Metadoga, Multipartis, Munarinus, Okkolithus, Orastrum, Ottavianus, Owenia, Petrobrasiella, Pseudoconus, Ramsaya, Russellia, Saepiovirgata, Semihololithus, Zebrashapka, Zygosphaera
Subtaxa: Octolithus multiplus
Type: Tetralithus multiplus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of North Atlantic (3 collections)
• Paleocene to Eocene of North Atlantic (1)
• Paleocene of North Atlantic (3)
• Cretaceous of France (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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