†Mitrolithus Deflandre 1954 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Stephanolithiales - Parhabdolithaceae
Parent taxon: Parhabdolithaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Bucanthus, Crucirhabdus, Diductius, Parhabdolithus, Thurmannolithion, Timorella, Umbria
Subtaxa: Mitrolithus elegans Mitrolithus jansae Mitrolithus lenticularis
Type: Mitrolithus elegans
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (1: Alberta collection), Morocco (10), Spain (30)
Total: 41 collections including 72 occurrences
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