†Cruciplacolithus staurion Bramlette and Sullivan 1961 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Belongs to Cruciplacolithus according to J. P. Pérez Panera 2013
Sister taxa: Cruciplacolithus edwardsii, Cruciplacolithus latipons, Cruciplacolithus primus, Cruciplacolithus tenuis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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