Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Chiastozygaceae
Synonyms: Staurorhabdus Noël 1973, Vagalapilla Bukry 1969, Vekshinella Loeblich and Tappan 1963
Parent taxon: Chiastozygaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Ahmuellerella, Amphizygus, Archaeozygodiscus, Bownia, Bukrylithus, Chiastozygus, Clepsilithus, Crepidolithus, Diadorhombus, Gorkaea, Heteromarginatus, Jakubowskia, Loxolithus, Misceomarginatus, Monomarginatus, Neocrepidolithus, Placozygus, Reinhardtites, Retemediaformis, Rhabdophidites, Tranolithus, Tubirhabdus, Zeugrhabdotus
Subtaxa: Staurolithites aachenus Staurolithites aenigma Staurolithites angustus Staurolithites crux Staurolithites dentatus Staurolithites dorfii Staurolithites ellipticus Staurolithites elongatus Staurolithites flavus Staurolithites gausorhethium Staurolithites glaber Staurolithites imbricatus Staurolithites integer Staurolithites laffittei Staurolithites leptostaurus Staurolithites lumina Staurolithites mielnicensis Staurolithites minutus Staurolithites mitcheneri Staurolithites mutterlosei Staurolithites parma Staurolithites quadriarculla Staurolithites rotatus Staurolithites siesseri Staurolithites stradneri Staurolithites zoensis
Type: Staurolithites laffittei
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (4), Canada (6: Alberta), France (1), Germany (1), Tanzania (4)
• Jurassic of Germany (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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