Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Chiastozygaceae
Alternative combination: Discolithus bicrescenticus
Belongs to Zeugrhabdotus according to P. R. Bown 1998
Sister taxa: 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 sigmoides, Zeugrhabdotus spiralis, Zeugrhabdotus trivectis, Zeugrhabdotus xenotus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Mooseland (Cretaceous of Alabama)
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