†Cyclagelosphaera alta Perch-Nielsen 1979 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Watznaueriales - Watznaueriaceae
Belongs to Cyclagelosphaera according to M. S. G. Estebenet et al. 2020
See also Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Cyclagelosphaera argoensis, Cyclagelosphaera brezae, Cyclagelosphaera deflandrei, Cyclagelosphaera jiangii, Cyclagelosphaera lacuna, Cyclagelosphaera margerelii, Cyclagelosphaera monocava, Cyclagelosphaera reinhardtii, Cyclagelosphaera rotaclypeata, Cyclagelosphaera shenleyensis, Cyclagelosphaera tubulata, Cyclagelosphaera wiedmannii
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Sur Río Chico (965-970) (Paleocene of Argentina)
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