†Watznaueria ovata Bukry 1969 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Watznaueriales - Watznaueriaceae
Belongs to Watznaueria according to P. R. Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Watznaueria barnesiae, Watznaueria bayackii, Watznaueria biporta, Watznaueria britannica, Watznaueria fasciata, Watznaueria fossacincta, Watznaueria manivitiae, Watznaueria quadriradiata, Watznaueria rawsonii, Ellipsagelosphaera frequens
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Heisterholz, near Petershagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Cretaceous of Germany)
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