Coccolithophyceae - Calyptrosphaeraceae
Synonym: Eurhabdus Reinhardt 1965
Parent taxon: Calyptrosphaeraceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
See also Wise and Wind 1977
Sister taxa: Acuturris, Anfractus, Bifidalithus, Calculites, Coccosphaerida, Corisphaera, Dactylethra, Homozygosphaera, Isocrystallithus, Lacunolithus, Metadoga, Multipartis, Munarinus, Octolithus, Okkolithus, Orastrum, Ottavianus, Owenia, Petrobrasiella, Pseudoconus, Ramsaya, Russellia, Saepiovirgata, Semihololithus, Zebrashapka, Zygosphaera
Subtaxa: Lucianorhabdus arborius Lucianorhabdus arcuatus Lucianorhabdus cayeuxii Lucianorhabdus cubiterminalis Lucianorhabdus inflatus Lucianorhabdus lageniformis Lucianorhabdus maleformis Lucianorhabdus phlaskus Lucianorhabdus quadrifidus Lucianorhabdus salomonii Lucianorhabdus windii
Type: Lucianorhabdus cayeuxii
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3 collections), Austria (1), France (1), Italy (1), United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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