Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Cretarhabdaceae
Parent taxon: Cretarhabdaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Cretarhabdus, Cruciellipsis, Flabellites, Grantarhabdus, Helenea, Miravetesina, Pickelhaube, Polypodorhabdus, Speetonia
Subtaxa: Retecapsa angustiforata Retecapsa brightonii Retecapsa crenulata Retecapsa ficula Retecapsa incompta Retecapsa octofenestrata Retecapsa radiata Retecapsa schizobrachiata Retecapsa surirella
Type: Retecapsa brightonii
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Tanzania (1 collection)
• Cenozoic of Indian Ocean (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (9), France (1), Germany (1), Indian Ocean (38), Israel (1), North Atlantic (2), North Pacific (1), Romania (1), South Atlantic (3)
• Jurassic of Germany (5)
Total: 64 collections including 67 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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