†Discoaster surculus Martini and Bramlette 1963 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Belongs to Discoaster according to Martini and Bramlette 1963
Sister taxa: Discoaster adamanteus, Discoaster bellus, Discoaster brouweri, Discoaster deflandrei, Discoaster intercalaris, Discoaster quinqueramus, Discoaster variabilis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of North Atlantic (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Miocene of Tanzania (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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