Eiffellithus eximius Stover 1966 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Eiffellithaceae

Alternative combination: Clinorhabdus eximius

Belongs to Eiffellithus according to P. R. Bown 1998

Sister taxa: Eiffellithus equibiramus, Eiffellithus gorkae, Eiffellithus hancockii, Eiffellithus monechiae, Eiffellithus parallelus, Eiffellithus parvus, Eiffellithus pospichalii, Eiffellithus praestigium, Eiffellithus primus, Eiffellithus striatus, Eiffellithus turriseiffelii, Eiffellithus vonsalisiae, Eiffellithus windii

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), Canada (4: Alberta), France (1), Israel (1), Tanzania (4)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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