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Coccolithales
| Description | Coccolithales is an order of Haptophyceae. The Coccolithales has long been considered one of only two orders in the Coccolithophyceae, the other order being the Isochrysidales. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccolithales, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | order | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Coccolithales | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Coccolithales | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccolithales |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Calcidiscaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Coccolithaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hymenomonadaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pleurochrysidaceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Reticulosphaeraceae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
References
| Guiry, G.M. (2011) AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
