†Rotelapillus Noël 1973 (haptophyte alga)
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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
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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