Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Chiastozygaceae
Alternative combination: Zygodiscus biperforatus
Belongs to Zeugrhabdotus according to P. R. Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Zeugrhabdotus bicrescenticus, 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 sigmoides, Zeugrhabdotus spiralis, Zeugrhabdotus trivectis, Zeugrhabdotus xenotus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Petruny MS Thesis TDP Site 31 (Cretaceous of Tanzania)
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