†Cyclococcolithus formosus Kamptner 1963 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Belongs to Cyclococcolithus according to Kamptner 1963
Sister taxa: Coccolithus bidens, Coccolithus consuetus, Coccolithus eminens, Coccolithus expansus, Coccolithus formosus, Coccolithus grandis, Coccolithus occultatus, Coccolithus pelagicus, Coccolithus solitus, Coccolithus staurion, Tremalithus oamaruensis, Cyclococcolithina, Cyclococcolithus reticulatus, Cyclococcolithus luminis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Qa' Faydat ad Dahikiya (Eocene of Jordan)
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