†Coccolithus formosus Kamptner 1963 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Belongs to Coccolithus according to J. P. Pérez Panera 2013
Sister taxa: Coccolithus bidens, Coccolithus consuetus, Coccolithus eminens, Coccolithus expansus, Coccolithus grandis, Coccolithus occultatus, Coccolithus pelagicus, Coccolithus solitus, Coccolithus staurion, Tremalithus oamaruensis, Cyclococcolithina, Cyclococcolithus formosus, Cyclococcolithus luminis, Cyclococcolithus reticulatus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of Namibia (1 collection), United States (4: California, Georgia)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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