Lithastrinus septenarius Forchheimer 1972 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae

Belongs to Lithastrinus according to P. R. Bown 1998

Sister taxa: Lithastrinus grillii, Lithastrinus pentabrachius, Lithastrinus quadricuspis

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Petruny MS Thesis TDP Site 31 (Cretaceous of Tanzania)

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