Umbilicosphaera Lohmann 1902 (haptophyte alga)

Umbilicosphaera

Synonym: Geminilithella Backman 1980

Full reference: H. Lohmann. 1902. Die Coccolithophoridae, eine Monographie der Coccolithen bildenden Flagellaten, zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis des Mittelmeerauftriebs. Archiv für Protistenkunde 1:89-165

Parent taxon: Haptophyta according to M. Hyzny et al. 2012

See also Backman 1980 and Lohmann 1902

Sister taxa: Aspidorhabdus, Camuralithus, Coccolithophyceae, Conococcolithus, Corannulus, Craspedolithus, Crassapontosphaera, Crassidiscus, Cricosphaera, Cyclolithella, Cycloperfolithus, Discoasteridae, Ellipsodiscoaster, Helicosphaera, Heliorthus, Koczyia, Leptodiscus, Lithostromationaceae, Nannocorbis, Orthozygus, Pervilithus, Phanulithus, Pyrocyclus, Reticulofenestra, Rhabdolithina, Sphenaster, Striatococcolithus, Syracosphaera, Vermiculithina, Wiseorhabdus

Subtaxa: Umbilicosphaera jafari

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Miocene of Greece (1 collection), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Slovakia (2)

• Paleocene of Tanzania (1)

Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences

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