†Pontosphaera pulchra Romein 1979 (haptophyte alga)
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Coccolithophyceae - Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Belongs to Pontosphaera according to M. S. G. Estebenet et al. 2021
See also Pérez Panera 2013
Sister taxa: Pontosphaera exilis, Pontosphaera multipora, Pontosphaera obliquipons, Discolithus exilis, Discolithus solidus
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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