†Zygodiscus Bramlette and Sullivan 1961 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Zygodiscales - Zygodiscaceae
Parent taxon: Zygodiscaceae according to J. R. Young and P. R. Bown 1997
See also Perch-Nielsen 1985
Sister taxa: Isthmolithus, Lophodolithus, Nannotetrina, Neococcolithes
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: South Carolina collection)
• Cretaceous of Canada (7: Alberta)
• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (1)
Total: 9 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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