Corbisema angularis Barron et al. 1984

Chrysophyceae - Phytomastigophora - Dictyochaceae

Full reference: J. A. Barron, D. Bukry, and R. Z. Poore. 1984. Correlation of the middle Eocene Kellogg Shale of northern California. Micropaleontology 30(2):138-170

Belongs to Corbisema according to J. A. Barron et al. 1984

Sister taxa: Corbisema exilis, Corbisema flexuosa, Corbisema hastata, Corbisema inermis, Corbisema regina

Type specimen: USNM 347001, a test. Its type locality is Camino Diablo Road, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian marine shale in the Kellogg Formation of California.

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Camino Diablo Road

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