Mitrolithus Deflandre 1954 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Stephanolithiales - Parhabdolithaceae

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

Sister taxa: Bucanthus, Crucirhabdus, Diductius, Parhabdolithus, Thurmannolithion, Timorella, Umbria

Subtaxa: Mitrolithus elegans Mitrolithus jansae Mitrolithus lenticularis

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Type: Mitrolithus elegans

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Canada (1: Alberta collection), Morocco (10), Spain (30)

Total: 41 collections including 72 occurrences

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