†order Podorhabdales Rood et al. 1971 (haptophyte alga)
PaleoDB taxon number: 87649
Parent taxon: Prymnesiophyceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Coccolithales, Discoasterales, Isochrysidales, Phaeocystales, Prymnesiales, Zygodiscales, Calyptrosphaeraceae, Prymnesiophycidae, Goniolithaceae, Watznaueriales, Syracosphaerales, Eiffellithales, Lapideacassaceae, Cyclicargolithus, Sphenolithus, Calcidiscus, Stephanolithiales, Arkhangelskiales, Eodiscoaster
Subtaxa: Axopodorhabdaceae, Biscutaceae, Calyculaceae, Cretarhabdaceae, Mazaganellaceae, Prediscosphaeraceae, Tubodiscaceae
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"