†Eprolithus antiquus Perch-Nielsen 1979 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae
Belongs to Eprolithus according to P. R. Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Eprolithus apertior, Eprolithus floralis, Eprolithus moratus, Eprolithus octopetalus, Eprolithus rarus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Heisterholz, near Petershagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Cretaceous of Germany)
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