†Lapideacassis Black 1971 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Lapideacassaceae
Synonym: Scampanella Forchheimer and Stradner 1973
Parent taxon: Lapideacassaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Lapideacassis asymmetrica Lapideacassis bispinosa Lapideacassis blackii Lapideacassis cornuta Lapideacassis glans Lapideacassis magnifica Lapideacassis mariae Lapideacassis tricornus
Type: Lapideacassis glans
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of North Atlantic (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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