Type Species

Cretarhabdus multicavus Bukry, 1969

Etymology

From the Greek ataktos, meaning “irregular” or “without order”, and lithos, meaning “stone”, referring to the irregular arrangement of the pores.

References

Bukry, D. 1969. Upper Cretaceous coccoliths from Texas and Europe. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Articles 51 (Protista 2): 1-79.