Rhagodiscus Reinhardt 1967 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Rhagodiscaceae

Synonym: Mitosia Worsley 1971

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

See also Covington and Wise 1987

Sister taxa: Calcicalathina, Percivalia

Subtaxa: Rhagodiscus achlyostaurion Rhagodiscus adinfinitus Rhagodiscus amplus Rhagodiscus angustus Rhagodiscus asper Rhagodiscus cepekii Rhagodiscus dekaenelii Rhagodiscus gallagheri Rhagodiscus indistinctus Rhagodiscus infinitus Rhagodiscus nebulosus Rhagodiscus plebeius Rhagodiscus pseudoangustus Rhagodiscus reniformis Rhagodiscus robustus Rhagodiscus sageri Rhagodiscus splendens

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Type: Discolithus asper

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections), Austria (1), France (1), Germany (1)

Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences

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