Watznaueria fossacincta Black 1971 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Watznaueriales - Watznaueriaceae

Alternative combination: Ellipsagelosphaera fossacincta

Belongs to Watznaueria according to P. R. Bown 1998

Sister taxa: Watznaueria barnesiae, Watznaueria bayackii, Watznaueria biporta, Watznaueria britannica, Watznaueria fasciata, Watznaueria manivitiae, Watznaueria ovata, Watznaueria quadriradiata, Watznaueria rawsonii, Ellipsagelosphaera frequens

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Germany (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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