Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Chiastozygaceae
Alternative combination: Zygolithus erectus
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 fissus, Zeugrhabdotus kerguelenensis, Zeugrhabdotus noeliae, Zeugrhabdotus petrizzoae, Zeugrhabdotus praesigmoides, Zeugrhabdotus scutula, Zeugrhabdotus sigmoides, Zeugrhabdotus spiralis, Zeugrhabdotus trivectis, Zeugrhabdotus xenotus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Germany (3), Saudi Arabia (2), Spain (13)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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