Zygrhablithus Deflandre 1971 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae

Parent taxon: Prymnesiophycidae according to K. Perch-Nielsen 1985

Sister taxa: Braarudosphaeraceae, Centosphaera, Ceratolithina, Ceratolithoides, Chiphragmalithus, Coccolithites, Coccolithus, Cricolithus, Cruciplacolithus, Discoaster, Eoconusphaeraceae, Haqius, Kokia, Liliasterites, Markalius, Marthasterites, Microrhabdulaceae, Nannoconaceae, Neochiastozygus, Orthogonoides, Pontosphaera, Prinsiosphaera, Prolatipatella, Repagulum, Rhabdolithus, Schizosphaerellaceae, Tortolithus, Triquetrorhabdulus, Watkinsia, Zygolithus

Subtaxa: Zygrhablithus bijugatus

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Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Germany (1 collection)

• Eocene of Jordan (1), Namibia (1), Tonga (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Georgia)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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