Apertapetra Hay et al. 1966 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Isochrysidales - Noelaerhabdaceae

Full reference: W. W. Hay, H. P. Mohler, and M. E. Wade. 1966. Calcareous nannofossils from Nal'chik (northwest Caucasus). Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 59:379-399

Parent taxon: Noelaerhabdaceae according to W. W. Hay et al. 1966

Sister taxa: Cepekiella, Cribrocentrum, Dictyococcites, Emiliania, Gephyrocapsa, Pseudoemiliania

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Vaingana, Eua Island (Eocene of Tonga)

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