Lithastrinus Stradner 1962 (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, Micula, Polycostella, Quadrum, Radiolithus, Rucinolithus, Tegulalithus, Uniplanarius

Subtaxa: Lithastrinus grillii Lithastrinus pentabrachius Lithastrinus quadricuspis Lithastrinus septenarius

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Type: Lithastrinus grillii

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Israel (1), Tanzania (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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