Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Parent taxon: Braarudosphaeraceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Braarudosphaera, Bukryaster, Pentaster, Quinquerhabdus, Trapezopentus
Subtaxa: Micrantholithus altus Micrantholithus brevis Micrantholithus flos Micrantholithus hoschulzii Micrantholithus obtusus Micrantholithus quasihoschulzii Micrantholithus speetonensis
Type: Micrantholithus flos
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of Tonga (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: California)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3), Germany (1), Spain (25)
Total: 35 collections including 40 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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