Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Chiastozygaceae
Alternative combination: Zygodiscus sigmoides
Belongs to Zeugrhabdotus according to P. R. Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Zeugrhabdotus bicrescenticus, Zeugrhabdotus biperforatus, Zeugrhabdotus burwellensis, Zeugrhabdotus clarus, Zeugrhabdotus cooperi, Zeugrhabdotus diplogrammus, Zeugrhabdotus embergeri, Zeugrhabdotus erectus, Zeugrhabdotus fissus, Zeugrhabdotus kerguelenensis, Zeugrhabdotus noeliae, Zeugrhabdotus petrizzoae, Zeugrhabdotus praesigmoides, Zeugrhabdotus scutula, Zeugrhabdotus spiralis, Zeugrhabdotus trivectis, Zeugrhabdotus xenotus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (1 collection), Tanzania (1), United States (2: Missouri)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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