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Discoaster
Extinct genus of single-celled organisms / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Discoaster is a genus of extinct star-shaped marine algae, with calcareous exoskeletons of between 5-40 μm across that are abundant as nanofossils in tropical deep-ocean deposits of Neogene age. Discoaster belongs to the haptophytes. About 100 species can be recognized.[2]
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Discoaster surculus, about 15 μm across | |
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Order: | Coccosphaerales |
Family: | Coccolithaceae |
Genus: | †Discoaster Tan Sin Hok (1931) |
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