Radiolithus orbiculatus Forchheimer 1972 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae

Alternative combination: Polycyclolilthus orbiculatus

Belongs to Radiolithus according to P. R. Bown 1998

Sister taxa: Radiolithus hollandicus, Radiolithus planus

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Eisenbach, sample EB 8 (Cretaceous of Austria)

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