†Discoaster brouweri Tan Sin Hok 1927 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Belongs to Discoaster according to Tan Sin Hok 1927
Sister taxa: Discoaster adamanteus, Discoaster bellus, Discoaster deflandrei, Discoaster intercalaris, Discoaster quinqueramus, Discoaster surculus, Discoaster variabilis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Italy (1)
• Miocene of Ecuador (1), Tanzania (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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