Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae
Alternative combination: Discoaster staurophora
Belongs to Micula according to M. S. González Estebenet et al. 2021
See also Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Micula adumbrata, Micula clypeata, Micula concava, Micula cubiformis, Micula decussata, Micula murus, Micula praemurus, Micula premolisilvae, Micula prinsii, Micula swastica
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (3 collections), Indian Ocean (2), South Atlantic (1)
• Cenozoic of Indian Ocean (1)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Indian Ocean (2), North Atlantic (2), Türkiye (2)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (17), Belgium (1), Canada (1: Alberta), Indian Ocean (35), North Atlantic (5), North Pacific (2), South Atlantic (9), Tanzania (1), Türkiye (1)
Total: 85 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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