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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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