Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Rhagodiscaceae
Synonym: Mitosia Worsley 1971
Parent taxon: Rhagodiscaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
See also Covington and Wise 1987
Sister taxa: Calcicalathina, Percivalia
Subtaxa: Rhagodiscus achlyostaurion Rhagodiscus adinfinitus Rhagodiscus amplus Rhagodiscus angustus Rhagodiscus asper Rhagodiscus cepekii Rhagodiscus dekaenelii Rhagodiscus gallagheri Rhagodiscus indistinctus Rhagodiscus infinitus Rhagodiscus nebulosus Rhagodiscus plebeius Rhagodiscus pseudoangustus Rhagodiscus reniformis Rhagodiscus robustus Rhagodiscus sageri Rhagodiscus splendens
Type: Discolithus asper
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections), Austria (1), France (1), Germany (1)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
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