†Pontosphaera multipora Roth 1970 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Belongs to Pontosphaera according to M. S. G. Estebenet et al. 2021
See also Pérez Panera 2013
Sister taxa: Pontosphaera exilis, Pontosphaera obliquipons, Pontosphaera pulchra, Discolithus solidus, Discolithus exilis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (1), Slovenia (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of United States (3: California)
• Paleocene to Oligocene of Argentina (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (2)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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