Acuturris Wind and Wise 1977 (haptophyte alga)

Coccolithophyceae - Calyptrosphaeraceae

Parent taxon: Calyptrosphaeraceae according to P. R. Bown and J. R. Young 1997

Sister taxa: Anfractus, Bifidalithus, Calculites, Coccosphaerida, Corisphaera, Dactylethra, Homozygosphaera, Isocrystallithus, Lacunolithus, Lucianorhabdus, Metadoga, Multipartis, Munarinus, Octolithus, Okkolithus, Orastrum, Ottavianus, Owenia, Petrobrasiella, Pseudoconus, Ramsaya, Russellia, Saepiovirgata, Semihololithus, Zebrashapka, Zygosphaera

Subtaxa: Acuturris scotus

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Type: Eurhabdus scotus

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (9 collections)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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