†Sphenolithus abies Deflandre 1954 (haptophyte alga)
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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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