Parent taxon: Prymnesiophyceae according to K. Fujioka et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Biantholithus, Braarudosphaerales, Ceratolithaceae, Coccolithales, Daktylethra, Discoasterales, Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, Ellipsolithus, Gladiolithus, Ilselithina, Isochrysidales, Lanternithus, Minylitha, Neosphaera, Pedinocyclus, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Rhomboasteraceae, Tetralithoides, Transversopontis, Zygodiscales, Lapideacassaceae, Goniolithaceae, Syracosphaerales, Eiffellithales, Watznaueriales, Tetralithus, Prymnesiophycidae, Podorhabdales, Arkhangelskiales, Discoasteroides, Eodiscoaster, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Stephanolithiales, Sphenolithus
Subtaxa: Cyclicargolithus floridanus Cyclicargolithus luminis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection)
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (1), India (1), Micronesia (7), Slovenia (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: Georgia)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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