†Clathrolithus Deflandre 1954 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Coccolithales
Parent taxon: Coccolithophorales according to H. N. Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Coccolithacea, Coccolithaceae, Hymenomonadaceae, Pleurochrysidaceae, Cylindrosphaera, Rhabdosphaerites, Caliptrosphaerites, Peritrachelina, Pemma
Subtaxa: Clathrolithus ellipticus
Type: Clathrolithus ellipticus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of Ukraine (1 collection)
• Paleocene of South Atlantic (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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