Retecapsa angustiforata Black 1971 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Cretarhabdaceae

Belongs to Retecapsa according to P. R. Bown 1998

Sister taxa: Retecapsa brightonii, Retecapsa crenulata, Retecapsa ficula, Retecapsa incompta, Retecapsa octofenestrata, Retecapsa radiata, Retecapsa schizobrachiata, Retecapsa surirella

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Heisterholz, near Petershagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Cretaceous of Germany)

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