†Grantarhabdus Black 1971 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Cretarhabdaceae
Parent taxon: Cretarhabdaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Cretarhabdus, Cruciellipsis, Flabellites, Helenea, Miravetesina, Pickelhaube, Polypodorhabdus, Retecapsa, Speetonia
Subtaxa: Grantarhabdus bukryi Grantarhabdus coronadventis Grantarhabdus meddii
Type: Grantarhabdus meddii
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Heisterholz, near Petershagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Cretaceous of Germany)
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