†Rhagodiscus asper Stradner 1963 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Rhagodiscaceae
Alternative combination: Discolithus asper
Belongs to Rhagodiscus according to P. R. Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Rhagodiscus achlyostaurion, Rhagodiscus adinfinitus, Rhagodiscus amplus, Rhagodiscus angustus, Rhagodiscus cepekii, Rhagodiscus dekaenelii, Rhagodiscus gallagheri, Rhagodiscus indistinctus, Rhagodiscus infinitus, Rhagodiscus nebulosus, Rhagodiscus plebeius, Rhagodiscus pseudoangustus, Rhagodiscus reniformis, Rhagodiscus robustus, Rhagodiscus sageri, Rhagodiscus splendens
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Heisterholz, near Petershagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Cretaceous of Germany)
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