†Holodiscolithus Roth 1970 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Coccolithales - Coccolithaceae
Full reference: P. H. Roth. 1970. Oligocene calcareous nannoplankton biostratigraphy. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 63:799-881
Parent taxon: Coccolithaceae according to P. H. Roth 1970
Sister taxa: Bicolumnus, Birkelundia, Bramletteius, Campylosphaera, Chiasmolithus, Clausicoccus, Coronocyclus, Ericsonia, Gephyrorhabdus, Hughesius, Praeprinsius, Solidopons
Subtaxa: Holodiscolithus solidus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Slovakia (2 collections)
• Eocene of Ukraine (1), United States (1: California)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
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