Quadrum gartneri Prins and Perch-Nielsen 1977 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae

Belongs to Quadrum according to P. R. Bown 1998

Sister taxa: Quadrum bengalensis, Quadrum eneabrachium, Quadrum eptabrachium, Quadrum giganteum, Quadrum intermedium, Quadrum octobrachium, Quadrum svabenickae

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (1: California collection)

• Cretaceous of Austria (1), France (1), Tanzania (2), United States (1: Alabama)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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