Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Belongs to Discoaster according to K. Fujioka et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Discoaster bellus, Discoaster brouweri, Discoaster deflandrei, Discoaster intercalaris, Discoaster quinqueramus, Discoaster surculus, Discoaster variabilis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Indian Ocean (1 collection), North Pacific (1)
• NN12 of Indian Ocean (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Pacific (1)
• Miocene of Indian Ocean (9), Micronesia (7), North Pacific (16)
• NN1 of Indian Ocean (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of North Pacific (1)
• Oligocene of North Pacific (21)
• Eocene of North Pacific (1)
Total: 60 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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