†Eiffellithus parallelus Perch-Nielsen 1973 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Eiffellithaceae
Belongs to Eiffellithus according to P. R. Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Eiffellithus equibiramus, Eiffellithus eximius, Eiffellithus gorkae, Eiffellithus hancockii, Eiffellithus monechiae, Eiffellithus parvus, Eiffellithus pospichalii, Eiffellithus praestigium, Eiffellithus primus, Eiffellithus striatus, Eiffellithus turriseiffelii, Eiffellithus vonsalisiae, Eiffellithus windii
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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