†Broinsonia Bukry 1969 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Arkhangelskiales - Arkhangelskiellaceae
Parent taxon: Arkhangelskiellaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Acaenolithus, Arkhangelskiella, Aspidolithus, Thiersteinia
Subtaxa: Broinsonia cenomanica Broinsonia dentata Broinsonia enormis Broinsonia furtiva Broinsonia galloisii Broinsonia handfieldii Broinsonia matalosa Broinsonia parca Broinsonia signata Broinsonia verecundia Broinsonia viriosa
Type: Broinsonia dentata
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), France (1), Romania (1), United States (1: Alabama)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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