†Discorhabdus Noël 1965 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Biscutaceae
Synonym: Bidiscus Bukry 1969
Parent taxon: Biscutaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Biscutum, Boletuvelum, Crucibiscutum, Gaarderella, Gephyrobiscutum, Seribiscutum, Similiscutum, Sollasites
Subtaxa: Discorhabdus biradiatus Discorhabdus corallatus Discorhabdus criotus Discorhabdus ignotus Discorhabdus patulus Discorhabdus striatus
Type: Rhabdolithus patulus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Germany (1), Slovakia (1)
• Jurassic of Germany (7), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (97), Switzerland (1)
Total: 109 collections including 226 occurrences
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