Leptodiscus Bukry and Bramlette 1969 (haptophyte alga)

Leptodiscus

Full reference: D. Bukry and M.N. Bramlette. 1969. Some new and stratigraphically useful calcareous nannofossils of the Cenozoic. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 7(3):131-142

Parent taxon: Haptophyta according to D. Bukry and M.N. Bramlette 1969

Sister taxa: Aspidorhabdus, Camuralithus, Coccolithophyceae, Conococcolithus, Corannulus, Craspedolithus, Crassapontosphaera, Crassidiscus, Cricosphaera, Cyclolithella, Cycloperfolithus, Discoasteridae, Ellipsodiscoaster, Helicosphaera, Heliorthus, Koczyia, Lithostromationaceae, Nannocorbis, Orthozygus, Pervilithus, Phanulithus, Pyrocyclus, Reticulofenestra, Rhabdolithina, Sphenaster, Striatococcolithus, Syracosphaera, Umbilicosphaera, Vermiculithina, Wiseorhabdus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (2: Missouri collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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