†Lophodolithus Deflandre and Fert 1954 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Zygodiscales - Zygodiscaceae
Full reference: G. Deflandre and C. Fert. 1954. Observations sur les coccolithophoridés actuels et fossiles en microscopie ordinaire et électronique. Annales de Paléontologie 40:115-176
Parent taxon: Zygodiscaceae according to G. Deflandre and C. Fert 1954
See also Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Isthmolithus, Nannotetrina, Neococcolithes, Zygodiscus
Subtaxa: Lophodolithus mochlophorus
Type: Lophodolithus mochlophorus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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