Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Chiastozygaceae
Synonyms: Millbrookia Medd 1979, Timorhabdus Krystan-Tollmann 1988
Parent taxon: Chiastozygaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
See also Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Ahmuellerella, Amphizygus, Archaeozygodiscus, Bownia, Bukrylithus, Chiastozygus, Clepsilithus, Diadorhombus, Gorkaea, Heteromarginatus, Jakubowskia, Loxolithus, Misceomarginatus, Monomarginatus, Neocrepidolithus, Placozygus, Reinhardtites, Retemediaformis, Rhabdophidites, Staurolithites, Tranolithus, Tubirhabdus, Zeugrhabdotus
Subtaxa: Crepidolithus crassus Crepidolithus granulatus Crepidolithus impontus Crepidolithus parvulus Crepidolithus perforata Crepidolithus pliensbachensis Crepidolithus timorensis
Type: Discolithus crassus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (1: Alberta collection), Germany (7), Morocco (3), Spain (120), Switzerland (1)
Total: 132 collections including 181 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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