Amaurolithus Gartner and Bukry 1975 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Ceratolithaceae
Parent taxon: Ceratolithaceae according to M. Reuter et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Angulolithina, Ceratolithus, Florisphaera, Nicklithus, Orthorhabdus
Subtaxa: Amaurolithus primus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (1 collection), Tanzania (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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