Amaurolithus primus Bukry and Percival 1971 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Ceratolithaceae
Alternative combination: Ceratolithus primus
Belongs to Amaurolithus according to Gartner and Bukry 1975
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Mtwara Bay (Miocene of Tanzania)
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