†Corollithion Stradner 1961 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Stephanolithiales - Stephanolithiaceae
Parent taxon: Stephanolithiaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Rhombolithion, Rotelapillus, Stephanolithion, Stoverius, Stradnerlithus, Truncatoscaphus
Subtaxa: Corollithion acutum Corollithion completum Corollithion ellipticum Corollithion exiguum Corollithion fractum Corollithion kennedyi Corollithion madagaskarensis Corollithion protosignum Corollithion signum
Type: Corollithion exiguum
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), France (1), Tanzania (3)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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