Class Coccolithophyceae Rothmaler 1951
PaleoDB taxon number: 418920
Synonym: Prymnesiophyceae Hibberd 1976 (taxon 87645)
Full reference: W. Rothmaler. 1951. Die Abteilungen und Klassen der Pflanzen. Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 54:256-266
Parent taxon: Haptophyta according to P.C. Silva et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Discoasteridae, Helicosphaera, Reticulofenestra, Syracosphaera, Umbilicosphaera
Subtaxa: Arkhangelskiales, Calcidiscus, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Coccolithales, Cyclicargolithus, Discoasterales, Eiffellithales, Eodiscoaster, Goniolithaceae, Isochrysidales, Lapideacassaceae, Phaeocystales, Podorhabdales, Prymnesiales, Prymnesiophycidae, Sphenolithus, Stephanolithiales, Syracosphaerales, Watznaueriales, Zygodiscales