Apertapetra Hay et al. 1966 (haptophyte alga)
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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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