Full reference: J.A. Wilcoxon. 1970. Sphenaster new genus, a Pliocene calcareous nannofossil from the tropical Indo-Pacific. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8:78-81
Parent taxon: Haptophyta according to J.A. Wilcoxon 1970
Sister taxa: Aspidorhabdus, Camuralithus, Coccolithophyceae, Conococcolithus, Corannulus, Craspedolithus, Crassapontosphaera, Crassidiscus, Cricosphaera, Cyclolithella, Cycloperfolithus, Discoasteridae, Duplexipodorhabdus, Ellipsodiscoaster, Helicosphaera, Heliorthus, Koczyia, Leptodiscus, Lithostromationaceae, Nannocorbis, Orthozygus, Pervilithus, Phanulithus, Pyrocyclus, Reticulofenestra, Rhabdolithina, Striatococcolithus, Syracosphaera, Umbilicosphaera, Vermiculithina, Wiseorhabdus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sphenaster in the database
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