Coccolithophyceae - Watznaueriales - Watznaueriaceae
Parent taxon: Watznaueriaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Ansulasphaera, Bibreviconus, Bussonius, Cylindralithus, Darwinilithus, Diazomatolithus, Lotharingius, Perchnielsenella, Watznaueria
Subtaxa: Cyclagelosphaera alta Cyclagelosphaera argoensis Cyclagelosphaera brezae Cyclagelosphaera deflandrei Cyclagelosphaera jiangii Cyclagelosphaera lacuna Cyclagelosphaera margerelii Cyclagelosphaera monocava Cyclagelosphaera reinhardtii Cyclagelosphaera rotaclypeata Cyclagelosphaera shenleyensis Cyclagelosphaera tubulata Cyclagelosphaera wiedmannii
Type: Cyclagelosphaera margerelii
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Argentina (2), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Germany (1), Romania (1), Slovakia (2)
• Jurassic of Germany (1), Saudi Arabia (11), Spain (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 24 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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