Coccolithophyceae - Eiffellithales - Chiastozygaceae
Alternative combination: Vagalapilla gausorhethium
Belongs to Staurolithites according to P. R. Bown 1998
Sister taxa: Staurolithites aachenus, Staurolithites aenigma, Staurolithites angustus, Staurolithites crux, Staurolithites dentatus, Staurolithites dorfii, Staurolithites ellipticus, Staurolithites elongatus, Staurolithites flavus, Staurolithites glaber, Staurolithites imbricatus, Staurolithites integer, Staurolithites laffittei, Staurolithites leptostaurus, Staurolithites lumina, Staurolithites mielnicensis, Staurolithites minutus, Staurolithites mitcheneri, Staurolithites mutterlosei, Staurolithites parma, Staurolithites quadriarculla, Staurolithites rotatus, Staurolithites siesseri, Staurolithites stradneri, Staurolithites zoensis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Tanzania (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.