†Lithraphidites acutus Verbeek and Manivit 1977 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Belongs to Lithraphidites according to P. R. Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Lithraphidites alatus, Lithraphidites bollii, Lithraphidites carniolensis, Lithraphidites grossopectinatus, Lithraphidites kennethii, Lithraphidites morayfirthensis, Lithraphidites praequadratus, Lithraphidites pseudoquadratus, Lithraphidites quadratus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Tanzania (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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