Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Eiffellithaceae
Parent taxon: Eiffellithaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Diloma, Helicolithus, Rothia, Tegumentum
Subtaxa: Eiffellithus equibiramus Eiffellithus eximius Eiffellithus gorkae Eiffellithus hancockii Eiffellithus monechiae Eiffellithus parallelus Eiffellithus parvus Eiffellithus pospichalii Eiffellithus praestigium Eiffellithus primus Eiffellithus striatus Eiffellithus turriseiffelii Eiffellithus vonsalisiae Eiffellithus windii
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Slovenia (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Tanzania (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (8), Austria (1), Belgium (1), Canada (6: Alberta), France (1), Germany (1), Israel (1), Tanzania (4), United States (1: Kansas)
Total: 26 collections including 43 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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