Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Eiffellithaceae
Alternative combination: Zygolithus turriseiffelii
Belongs to Eiffellithus according to M. S. G. Estebenet et al. 2021
See also Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Eiffellithus equibiramus, Eiffellithus eximius, Eiffellithus gorkae, Eiffellithus hancockii, Eiffellithus monechiae, Eiffellithus parallelus, Eiffellithus parvus, Eiffellithus pospichalii, Eiffellithus praestigium, Eiffellithus primus, Eiffellithus striatus, Eiffellithus vonsalisiae, Eiffellithus windii
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Slovenia (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (29), Austria (1), France (1), United States (1: Kansas)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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