Abas wittii
Extinct species of single-celled organism
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Abas is an extinct genus of diatoms consisting of only one known species: Abas wittii. Originally observed as a fossil genus classified with diatom spore forms under the name Syringidium.[1] Abas was observed to be live from the Eocene to Oligocene epoch appearing in tropical sites.[1][2]
| Abas wittii | |
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| Abas wittii specimen from the Eocene North Atlantic | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Clade: | Bacillariophyta |
| Class: | Thalassiosirophyceae |
| Order: | Hemiaulales |
| Family: | Hemiaulaceae |
| Genus: | †Abas R.Ross & P.A.Sims, 1980 |
| Species: | †A. wittii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Abas wittii (Grunow) R.Ross & P.A.Sims | |
