Gartnerago theta Black 1959 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Arkhangelskiales - Kamptneriaceae

Alternative combination: Discolithus theta

Belongs to Gartnerago according to P. R. Bown 1998

Sister taxa: Gartnerago chiasta, Gartnerago costatum, Gartnerago nanum, Gartnerago obliquum, Gartnerago ponticula, Gartnerago praeobliquum, Gartnerago segmentatum, Gartnerago stenostaurion

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Cenozoic of Indian Ocean (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Indian Ocean (10)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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