Eupodiscus paracaensis Sullivan and Porguen 1988 (diatom)

Bacillariophyceae - Centrales - Eupodiscaceae

Full reference: M. J. Sullivan and V. Porguen. 1988. A new species of Eupodiscus closely related to the generitype E. radiatus (Bacillariophyceae). 10th Diatom Symposium 117-126

Belongs to Eupodiscus according to M. J. Sullivan and V. Porguen 1988

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ANSP Slide A-G.C26761, a shell.

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Fundo Santa Rosa (Eocene of Peru)

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