Uniplanarius Hattner and Wise 1980 (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, Rucinolithus, Tegulalithus

Subtaxa: Uniplanarius clarkei Uniplanarius gothicus Uniplanarius sissinghii Uniplanarius trifidus

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Type: Tetralithus gothicus

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Belgium (1 collection), Israel (1), Romania (1), Tanzania (2)

• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (8)

Total: 13 collections including 15 occurrences

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