Sphenolithus abies Deflandre 1954 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae

Belongs to Sphenolithus according to Deflandre 1954

Sister taxa: Sphenolithus compactus, Sphenolithus heteromorphus, Sphenolithus moriformis, Sphenolithus radians

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1)

• Miocene of Azerbaijan (1), Ecuador (2), Greece (1), Italy (1), Slovenia (1), Tanzania (1)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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