†Cruciplacolithus tenuis Stradner 1961 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Belongs to Cruciplacolithus according to M. S. G. Estebenet et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Cruciplacolithus edwardsii, Cruciplacolithus latipons, Cruciplacolithus primus, Cruciplacolithus staurion
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (5 collections), United States (2: Missouri)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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