Rucinolithus Stover 1966 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae

Parent taxon: Polycyclolithaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997

Sister taxa: Assipetra, Eprolithus, Farhania, Hayesites, Hexalithus, Lithastrinus, Micula, Polycostella, Quadrum, Radiolithus, Tegulalithus, Uniplanarius

Subtaxa: Rucinolithus magnus Rucinolithus windleyae Rucinolithus wisei

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Type: Rucinolithus hayi

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (49 collections)

Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence

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