†Sphenolithus moriformis Bronnimann and Stradner 1960 (haptophyte alga)
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Alternative combination: Nannoturbella moriformis
Belongs to Sphenolithus according to J. P. Perez Panera 2013
See also Bramlette and Wilcoxon 1967 and Fujioka et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Sphenolithus abies, Sphenolithus compactus, Sphenolithus heteromorphus, Sphenolithus radians
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection)
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (1), India (1), Indonesia (1), Micronesia (7), Taiwan (1), Tanzania (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of Tonga (1), United States (4: California, Georgia)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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