Full reference: M. Gardet. 1955. Contribution à l'étude des coccolithes des terrains néogènes de l'Algérie. Publications du Service de la Carte Géologique de l'Algérie (Nouvelle Série) 5:477-550
Parent taxon: Prymnesiophyceae according to M. Gardet 1955
See also Perch-Nielsen 1985
Sister taxa: Biantholithus, Braarudosphaerales, Ceratolithaceae, Coccolithales, Daktylethra, Discoasterales, Ellipsagelosphaeraceae, Ellipsolithus, Gladiolithus, Ilselithina, Isochrysidales, Lanternithus, Minylitha, Neosphaera, Pedinocyclus, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Rhomboasteraceae, Tetralithoides, Transversopontis, Zygodiscales, Lapideacassaceae, Syracosphaerales, Watznaueriales, Stephanolithiales, Sphenolithus, Eiffellithales, Cyclicargolithus, Eodiscoaster, Goniolithaceae, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Prymnesiophycidae, Arkhangelskiales, Discoasteroides, Podorhabdales
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Shaqra Group (lower Marrat 3) (Jurassic of Saudi Arabia)
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