Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Chiastozygaceae
Parent taxon: Chiastozygaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Amphizygus, Archaeozygodiscus, Bownia, Bukrylithus, Chiastozygus, Clepsilithus, Crepidolithus, Diadorhombus, Gorkaea, Heteromarginatus, Jakubowskia, Loxolithus, Misceomarginatus, Monomarginatus, Neocrepidolithus, Placozygus, Reinhardtites, Retemediaformis, Rhabdophidites, Staurolithites, Tranolithus, Tubirhabdus, Zeugrhabdotus
Subtaxa: Ahmuellerella octoradiata Ahmuellerella regularis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (5 collections), Belgium (1), Canada (4: Alberta), France (1), Israel (1), Romania (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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