Stradnerlithus geometricus Górka 1957 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Stephanolithiales - Stephanolithiaceae

Alternative combination: Discolithus geometricus

Belongs to Stradnerlithus according to P. R. Bown 1998

Sister taxa: Stradnerlithus asymmetricus, Stradnerlithus clatriatus, Stradnerlithus comptus, Stradnerlithus fragilis, Stradnerlithus primitus, Stradnerlithus silvaradius

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Heisterholz, near Petershagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Cretaceous of Germany)

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