Prediscosphaera arkhangelskyi Reinhardt 1965 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Prediscosphaeraceae

Alternative combination: Eiffellithus arkhangelskyi

Belongs to Prediscosphaera according to P. R. Bown 1998

Sister taxa: Prediscosphaera bukryi, Prediscosphaera columnata, Prediscosphaera cretacea, Prediscosphaera grandis, Prediscosphaera honjoi, Prediscosphaera incohatus, Prediscosphaera majungae, Prediscosphaera microrhabdulina, Prediscosphaera ponticula, Prediscosphaera rhombica, Prediscosphaera serrata, Prediscosphaera spinosa, Prediscosphaera stoveri

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Indian Ocean (4 collections), South Atlantic (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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