Rotelapillus Noël 1973 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Stephanolithiales - Stephanolithiaceae

Parent taxon: Stephanolithiaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997

Sister taxa: Corollithion, Rhombolithion, Stephanolithion, Stoverius, Stradnerlithus, Truncatoscaphus

Subtaxa: Rotelapillus applegatei Rotelapillus biarcus Rotelapillus crenulatus Rotelapillus laffittei Rotelapillus pleoseptatus Rotelapillus radians

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Type: Rotelapillus radians

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (5: Alberta collections), Germany (1), Indian Ocean (10), North Pacific (9)

Total: 25 collections including 27 occurrences

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