Micrantholithus Deflandre 1954 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae

Parent taxon: Braarudosphaeraceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997

Sister taxa: Braarudosphaera, Bukryaster, Pentaster, Quinquerhabdus, Trapezopentus

Subtaxa: Micrantholithus altus Micrantholithus brevis Micrantholithus flos Micrantholithus hoschulzii Micrantholithus obtusus Micrantholithus quasihoschulzii Micrantholithus speetonensis

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Type: Micrantholithus flos

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Eocene of Tonga (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: California)

• Cretaceous of Germany (1), Spain (25)

Total: 31 collections including 35 occurrences

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