†Discoaster adamanteus Bramlette and Wilcoxon 1967 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Belongs to Discoaster according to K. Fujioka et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Discoaster bellus, Discoaster brouweri, Discoaster deflandrei, Discoaster intercalaris, Discoaster quinqueramus, Discoaster surculus, Discoaster variabilis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Micronesia (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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