Discoaster brouweri Tan Sin Hok 1927 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae

Belongs to Discoaster according to Tan Sin Hok 1927

Sister taxa: Discoaster adamanteus, Discoaster bellus, Discoaster deflandrei, Discoaster intercalaris, Discoaster quinqueramus, Discoaster surculus, Discoaster variabilis

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ireland (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Italy (1)

• Miocene of Ecuador (1), Tanzania (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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