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Micrantholithus obtusus

Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaeraceae

Taxonomy
Micrantholithus obtusus was named by Stradner (1963).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. pinguis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Micrantholithus obtusus Stradner
1998Micrantholithus obtusus Bown

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
phylumHaptophytaHibberd ex Cavalier-Smith 1986
classCoccolithophyceae
RankNameAuthor
subclassPrymnesiophycidaeCavalier-Smith 1986
familyBraarudosphaeraceaeDeflandre 1947
genusMicrantholithusDeflandre 1954
speciesobtususStradner 1963

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Micrantholithus obtusus Stradner 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: oceanic, oligotrophic, marine, brackishp
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Depth habitat: surfacep
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2006-10-31 06:24:05
Modified: 2006-10-31 08:24:05
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2003

Age range: Early/Lower Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Germany Micrantholithus obtusus (50181)