†Sollasites horticus Stradner and Adamiker 1966 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Podorhabdales - Biscutaceae
Alternative combination: Coccolithus horticus
Belongs to Sollasites according to P. R. Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Sollasites arctus, Sollasites arcuatus, Sollasites concentricus, Sollasites falklandensis, Sollasites lowei
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Heisterholz, near Petershagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Cretaceous of Germany)
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