†Loxolithus Noël 1965 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Chiastozygaceae
Parent taxon: Chiastozygaceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997
Sister taxa: Ahmuellerella, Amphizygus, Archaeozygodiscus, Bownia, Bukrylithus, Chiastozygus, Clepsilithus, Crepidolithus, Diadorhombus, Gorkaea, Heteromarginatus, Jakubowskia, Misceomarginatus, Monomarginatus, Neocrepidolithus, Placozygus, Reinhardtites, Retemediaformis, Rhabdophidites, Staurolithites, Tranolithus, Tubirhabdus, Zeugrhabdotus
Subtaxa: Loxolithus armilla Loxolithus thiersteinii
Type: Cyclolithus armilla
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Walvis Ridge, dredge CH 18 DR 04 (Cretaceous of South Atlantic)
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