Micula murus Martini 1961 (coccolithophore)

Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae

Alternative combination: Tetralithus murus

Belongs to Micula according to P. R. Bown 1998

See also Bukry 1973

Sister taxa: Micula adumbrata, Micula clypeata, Micula concava, Micula cubiformis, Micula decussata, Micula praemurus, Micula premolisilvae, Micula prinsii, Micula staurophora, Micula swastica

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), United States (1: Mississippi)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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