†Uniplanarius gothicus Deflandre 1959 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae
Alternative combination: Tetralithus gothicus
Belongs to Uniplanarius according to P. R. Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Uniplanarius clarkei, Uniplanarius sissinghii, Uniplanarius trifidus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of North Pacific (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Indian Ocean (1), North Atlantic (1), North Pacific (4)
• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (8)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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