†Gartnerago segmentatum Stover 1966 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Arkhangelskiales - Kamptneriaceae
Alternative combination: Discolithus segmentatum
Belongs to Gartnerago according to M. S. González Estebenet et al. 2021
See also Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Gartnerago chiasta, Gartnerago costatum, Gartnerago nanum, Gartnerago obliquum, Gartnerago ponticula, Gartnerago praeobliquum, Gartnerago stenostaurion, Gartnerago theta
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (11), Indian Ocean (49), North Atlantic (1), Romania (1)
Total: 63 collections each including a single occurrence
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