Ceratolithoides kamptneri Bramlette and Martini 1964 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae

Belongs to Ceratolithoides according to P. R. Bown 1998

Sister taxa: Ceratolithoides aculeus, Ceratolithoides amplector, Ceratolithoides arcuatus, Ceratolithoides brevicorniculans, Ceratolithoides indiensis, Ceratolithoides longissimus, Ceratolithoides pricei, Ceratolithoides prominens, Ceratolithoides quadriarcuatus, Ceratolithoides sagittatus, Ceratolithoides self-trailiae, Ceratolithoides sesquipedalis, Ceratolithoides ultimus, Ceratolithoides verbeekii

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Indian Ocean (1 collection)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of North Atlantic (1)

• Cretaceous of Egypt (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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