Prymnesiophyceae

PaleoDB taxon number: 87646

Parent taxon: Prymnesiophyceae according to J.R Young and P. R. Bown 1997

Sister taxa: Arkhangelskiales, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Eiffellithales, Goniolithaceae, Lapideacassaceae, Podorhabdales, Stephanolithiales, Syracosphaerales, Watznaueriales

Subtaxa: Braarudosphaeraceae, Centosphaera, Ceratolithina, Ceratolithoides, Chiphragmalithus, Coccolithites, Coccolithus, Cricolithus, Cruciplacolithus, Discoaster, Eoconusphaeraceae, Haqius, Kokia, Laguncula, Liliasterites, Markalius, Mathasterites, Microrhabdulaceae, Nannoconaceae, Neochiastozygus, Orthogonoides, Polycyclolithaceae, Pontosphaera, Prinsiosphaera, Prolatipatella, Repagulum, Rhabdolithus, Schizosphaerellaceae, Tetralithus, Tortolithus, Triquetrorhabdulus, Watkinsia, Zygodiscus, Zygolithus, Zygrhablithus

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"