Syracosphaera Lohmann 1902 (haptophyte alga)

Syracosphaera

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

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, Umbilicosphaera, Vermiculithina, Wiseorhabdus

Subtaxa: Syracosphaera heimii

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections)

• Pliocene of Italy (1)

• Miocene of Slovakia (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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