†Calciosolenia fossilis Deflandre 1954 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Syracosphaerales - Calciosoleniaceae
Alternative combination: Scapholithus fossilis
Belongs to Calciosolenia according to P Bown 2000
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• NN21 of Indian Ocean (3 collections)
• Quaternary of Indian Ocean (36)
• NN16 of Indian Ocean (2)
• Miocene of Indian Ocean (2)
• Eocene to Oligocene of North Pacific (1)
• Cenozoic of Indian Ocean (1)
Total: 45 collections each including a single occurrence
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