†Pontosphaera exilis Bramlette and Sullivan 1961 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Belongs to Pontosphaera according to J. P. Pérez Panera 2013
Sister taxa: Pontosphaera multipora, Pontosphaera obliquipons, Pontosphaera pulchra, Discolithus exilis, Discolithus solidus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Sur Río Chico (980-985) (Paleocene of Argentina)
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