Coccolithophyceae - Calyptrosphaeraceae
Parent taxon: Calyptrosphaeraceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Acuturris, Bifidalithus, Calculites, Coccosphaerida, Corisphaera, Dactylethra, Homozygosphaera, Isocrystallithus, Lacunolithus, Lucianorhabdus, Metadoga, Multipartis, Munarinus, Octolithus, Okkolithus, Orastrum, Ottavianus, Owenia, Petrobrasiella, Pseudoconus, Ramsaya, Russellia, Saepiovirgata, Semihololithus, Zebrashapka, Zygosphaera
Subtaxa: Anfractus harrisonii Anfractus youngii
Type: Anfractus harrisonii
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Heisterholz, near Petershagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Cretaceous of Germany)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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