†Heliolithus Bramlette and Sullivan 1961 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Discoasterales - Heliolithaceae
Full reference: M. N. Bramlette and F. R. Sullivan. 1961. Coccolithophorids and related nannoplankton of the Early Tertiary in California. Micropaleontology 7(2):129-188
Parent taxon: Heliolithaceae according to M. N. Bramlette and F. R. Sullivan 1961
Sister taxon: Bomolithus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of South Pacific (1 collection)
• Eocene of Indian Ocean (4), South Pacific (1)
• Paleocene of Indian Ocean (5), North Atlantic (8), South Pacific (14)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of North Atlantic (2)
• Cretaceous of Indian Ocean (1)
Total: 36 collections including 44 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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