†Discoaster variabilis Martini and Bramlette 1963 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Belongs to Discoaster according to K. Fujioka et al. 1998
See also Faranda et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Discoaster adamanteus, Discoaster bellus, Discoaster brouweri, Discoaster deflandrei, Discoaster intercalaris, Discoaster quinqueramus, Discoaster surculus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1)
• Miocene of Ecuador (2), Greece (1), Micronesia (7), Slovakia (1), Slovenia (1), Tanzania (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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