†order Discoasterales Hay 1977
PaleoDB taxon number: 422508
Full reference: W. W. Hay. 1977. Calcareous nannofossils. Oceanic Micropalaentology 1055-1200
Parent taxon: Coccolithophyceae according to P. R. Bown 2010
Sister taxa: Coccolithales, Isochrysidales, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Zygodiscales, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Prymnesiophycidae, Goniolithaceae, Watznaueriales, Syracosphaerales, Eiffellithales, Lapideacassaceae, Cyclicargolithus, Sphenolithus, Calcidiscus, Podorhabdales, Stephanolithiales, Arkhangelskiales, Eodiscoaster
Subtaxa: Discoasteraceae, Fasciculithaceae