Coccolithophyceae - Watznaueriales - Watznaueriaceae
Synonym: Ellipsagelosphaera Noël 1965
Parent taxon: Watznaueriaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
See also Perch-Nielsen 1985
Sister taxa: Ansulasphaera, Bibreviconus, Bussonius, Cyclagelosphaera, Cylindralithus, Darwinilithus, Diazomatolithus, Lotharingius, Perchnielsenella
Subtaxa: Ellipsagelosphaera frequens Watznaueria barnesiae Watznaueria bayackii Watznaueria biporta Watznaueria britannica Watznaueria fasciata Watznaueria fossacincta Watznaueria manivitiae Watznaueria ovata Watznaueria quadriradiata Watznaueria rawsonii
Type: Tremalithus barnesiae
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Tanzania (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Canada (7: Alberta), France (1), Germany (1), Israel (1), Romania (2), Slovakia (2)
• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (3), Saudi Arabia (13), Spain (63), Switzerland (1)
Total: 101 collections including 172 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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