Amaurolithus primus Bukry and Percival 1971 (haptophyte alga)

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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