Calciosolenia Gran 1912 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Syracosphaerales - Calciosoleniaceae

Synonym: Scapholithus Deflandre 1954

Parent taxon: Calciosoleniaceae according to J. R. Young et al. 2003

See also Andrews 1970 and Bown and Young 1997

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Calciosolenia fossilis

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Italy (1 collection)

• Paleocene of Tanzania (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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