†Nicklithus Raffi et al. 1998 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Ceratolithaceae
Parent taxon: Ceratolithaceae according to M. Reuter et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Amaurolithus, Angulolithina, Ceratolithus, Florisphaera, Orthorhabdus
Subtaxa: Nicklithus amplificus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• NN12 of South Pacific (1 collection)
• Miocene of Indian Ocean (63), North Pacific (25), South Atlantic (7), South Pacific (1), Tanzania (1)
• Paleocene of North Atlantic (4)
Total: 102 collections each including a single occurrence
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