Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Chiastozygaceae
Parent taxon: Chiastozygaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Ahmuellerella, Amphizygus, Archaeozygodiscus, Bownia, Bukrylithus, Chiastozygus, Clepsilithus, Crepidolithus, Diadorhombus, Gorkaea, Heteromarginatus, Jakubowskia, Loxolithus, Misceomarginatus, Monomarginatus, Neocrepidolithus, Placozygus, Retemediaformis, Rhabdophidites, Staurolithites, Tranolithus, Tubirhabdus, Zeugrhabdotus
Subtaxa: Reinhardtites anthophorus Reinhardtites levis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Israel (1), Romania (1), United States (3: Alabama, Georgia)
Total: 6 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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