Schizosporis reticulatus Cookson and Dettmann 1959 (green algae)

Schizosporis reticulatus

Full reference: I. C. Cookson and M. E. Dettmann. 1959. On Schizosporis, a new form genus from australian Cretaceous deposits. Micropaleontology 5(2):213-216

Belongs to Schizosporis according to V. S. Perez Loinaze et al. 2023

See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Scafati et al. 2009, Vallati et al. 2016, Vallati et al. 2020 and Venkatachala 1968

Sister taxa: Schizosporis assamica, Schizosporis crassimurus, Schizosporis laevigatus, Schizosporis microreticulatus, Schizosporis parvus, Schizosporis rugulatus, Schizosporis spriggi, Schizosporis sprigii, Schizosporis vermiculatus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (6), Australia (8), India (1), United States (1: New Jersey)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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