†Discoaster deflandrei Bramlette and Riedel 1954 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Belongs to Discoaster according to J. P. Perez Panera 2013
See also Fujioka et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Discoaster adamanteus, Discoaster bellus, Discoaster brouweri, Discoaster intercalaris, Discoaster quinqueramus, Discoaster surculus, Discoaster variabilis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection)
• Miocene of Micronesia (7), Taiwan (1)
• Oligocene of Costa Rica (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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