Lapideacassaceae

Lapideacassaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Haptophyta
Class:	Prymnesiophyceae; Christensen 1962 emend. Cavalier-Smith 1996
Family:	Lapideacassaceae; Black, 1971
Genera
	Mennerius;

Lapideacassaceae is a family of haptophytes belonging to the class Prymnesiophyceae.^[1] The family Lapideacassaceae accommodate ‘bell-shaped’ to cylindrical with body consisting of a single or several vertically elongated calcite elements and often bearing apical spine(s). The family Lapideacassaceae contains two genera, Mennerius and . Members of the Lapideacassaceae occur sporadically but widely in the Cretaceous, Palaeogene and Neogene sediments in the Northern Hemisphere, South Atlantic, South Africa, Tanzania, Indian Ocean and Australia.^[2]

References[]

^ Black, M. (1971). "Problematical microfossils from the Gault Clay". Geological Magazine. 108 (4): 325–327. doi:10.1017/S0016756800051396.
^ Ovechkina, M.N.; Jordan, R.W.; Mostovski, M.B. (2017). "On the validity, synonymy and distribution of some Lapideacassaceae (Haptophyta)". Phytotaxa. 308 (1): 111–117. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.10.

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[1] Black, M. (1971). "Problematical microfossils from the Gault Clay". Geological Magazine. 108 (4): 325–327. doi:10.1017/S0016756800051396.

[2] Ovechkina, M.N.; Jordan, R.W.; Mostovski, M.B. (2017). "On the validity, synonymy and distribution of some Lapideacassaceae (Haptophyta)". Phytotaxa. 308 (1): 111–117. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.308.1.10.

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