Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Chiastozygaceae
Parent taxon: Chiastozygaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Ahmuellerella, Amphizygus, Archaeozygodiscus, Bownia, Bukrylithus, Clepsilithus, Crepidolithus, Diadorhombus, Gorkaea, Heteromarginatus, Jakubowskia, Loxolithus, Misceomarginatus, Monomarginatus, Neocrepidolithus, Placozygus, Reinhardtites, Retemediaformis, Rhabdophidites, Staurolithites, Tranolithus, Tubirhabdus, Zeugrhabdotus
Subtaxa: Chiastozygus amphipons Chiastozygus antiquus Chiastozygus bifarius Chiastozygus garrisonii Chiastozygus litterarius Chiastozygus platyrhethus Chiastozygus propagulis Chiastozygus quadriperforatus Chiastozygus spissus Chiastozygus stylesii Chiastozygus synquadriperforatus Chiastozygus tenuis Chiastozygus trabalis Chiastozygus ultimus
Type: Zygodiscus amphipons
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3 collections), Canada (3: Alberta), France (1), Germany (1), Spain (9)
Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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