Coccolithophyceae - Calyptrosphaeraceae

Parent taxon: Calyptrosphaeraceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997

Sister taxa: Acuturris, Anfractus, Bifidalithus, Calculites, Coccosphaerida, Corisphaera, Dactylethra, Homozygosphaera, Isocrystallithus, Lacunolithus, Lucianorhabdus, Metadoga, Multipartis, Munarinus, Okkolithus, Orastrum, Ottavianus, Owenia, Petrobrasiella, Pseudoconus, Ramsaya, Russellia, Saepiovirgata, Semihololithus, Zebrashapka, Zygosphaera

Subtaxa: Octolithus multiplus

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Type: Tetralithus multiplus

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Tercis-les-Bains quarry (Cretaceous of France)

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