Type Species

Tortolithus caistorensis Crux in Crux et al., 1982

Description

Loxolith has a birefringent single protolith wall and a central area closed by overlapping plates.

References

Crux, J. A., Hamilton, G. B., Lord, A. R., Taylor, R. J., 1982. Tortolithus gen. nov. Crux and new combinations of Mesozoic calcareous nannofossils from England. INA Newsletter 4, 98-101.