†Nephrolithus Górka 1957 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Axopodorhabdaceae
Parent taxon: Axopodorhabdaceae according to P. R. Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Axopodorhabdus, Cleistorhabdus, Cribrocorona, Cribrosphaerella, Dekapodorhabdus, Dodekapodorhabdus, Ethmorhabdus, Hemipodorhabdus, Hexapodorhabdus, Octocyclus, Octopodorhabdus, Perissocyclus, Perrisocyclus, Podorhabdus, Teichorhabdus, Tetrapodorhabdus
Subtaxa: Nephrolithus corystus Nephrolithus frequens Nephrolithus miniporus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (5), United States (8: Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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