Radiolithus Stover 1966 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae

Parent taxon: Polycyclolithaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997

Sister taxa: Assipetra, Eprolithus, Farhania, Hayesites, Hexalithus, Lithastrinus, Micula, Polycostella, Quadrum, Rucinolithus, Tegulalithus, Uniplanarius

Subtaxa: Radiolithus hollandicus Radiolithus orbiculatus Radiolithus planus

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Type: Radiolithus planus

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Eisenbach, sample EB 8 (Cretaceous of Austria)

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