Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Belongs to Ceratolithoides according to P. R. Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Ceratolithoides aculeus, Ceratolithoides amplector, Ceratolithoides arcuatus, Ceratolithoides brevicorniculans, Ceratolithoides indiensis, Ceratolithoides longissimus, Ceratolithoides pricei, Ceratolithoides prominens, Ceratolithoides quadriarcuatus, Ceratolithoides sagittatus, Ceratolithoides self-trailiae, Ceratolithoides sesquipedalis, Ceratolithoides ultimus, Ceratolithoides verbeekii
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Indian Ocean (1 collection)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of North Atlantic (1)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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