Neobiscutum Varol 1989 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Isochrysidales - Prinsiaceae

Full reference: O. Varol. 1989. Palaeocene calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy. In, Crux, J. A. & van Heck, S. E. (eds) Nannofossils and their applications: Proceedings of the 2nd INA Conference, London 1987. British Micropalaeontological Society Publication Series 265-310

Parent taxon: Prinsiaceae according to J. R. Young and P. R. Bown 1997

Sister taxa: Futyania, Girgisia, Hornibrookina, Prinsius

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at 342-U1409A-26X-CC 0/5 NANNO (Paleocene of North Atlantic)

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