Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Phylum: Dinophyta Class: Dinophyceae Order: Peridiniales Family: Gonyaulacaceae Genus: Oligosphaeridium
Parent taxon: Gonyaulacaceae according to M. Araujo Carvalho 2001
See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Achilleodinium, Achomosphaera, Amiculosphaera, Amphorosphaeridium, Araneosphaera, Areosphaeridium, Ataxiodinium, Atlantodinium, Avellodinium, Bitectatodinium, Cannosphaeropsis, Carduifolia, Cassiculosphaeridia, Chytroeisphaeridia, Cometodinium, Conneximura, Cordosphaeridium, Coronifera, Corradinisphaeridium, Corrudinium, Cousteaudinium, Cribroperidinium, Ctenidodinium, Cyclapophysis, Dalella, Damassadinium, Diphyes, Discorsia, Dissiliodinium, Eatonicysta, Endoscrinium, Epitricysta, Escharisphaeridia, Evittosphaerula, Exiguisphaera, Fibradinium, Fibrocysta, Florentinia, Galeacysta, Gelatia, Gonyaulacysta, Gonyaulax, Habibacysta, Hafniasphaera, Hapsocysta, Hemiplacophora, Heterosphaeridium, Hystrichodinium, Hystrichokolpoma, Hystrichosphaerina, Impagidinium, Kaiwaradinium, Kallosphaeridium, Kenleyia, Kiokansium, Kleithriasphaeridium, Lanternosphaeridium, Leptodinioideae, Leptodinium, Liesbergia, Lingulodinium, Litosphaeridium, Meiourogonyaulax, Melitasphaeridium, Nematosphaeropsis, Nexosispinum, Ochetodinium, Operculodinium, Perisseiasphaeridium, Pervosphaeridium, Protoellipsodinium, Psaligonyaulax, Pterodinium, Pyxidinopsis, Rhynchodiniopsis, Rigaudella, Saturnodinium, Scriniodinium, Sentusidinium, Sirmiodiniopsis, Sirmiodinium, Stephodinium, Stiphrosphaeridium, Surculosphaeridium, Systematophora, Tehamadinium, Thalassiphora, Tubotuberella, Unipontidinium, Wanaea, Wilsonisphaera, Yalkalpodinium
Subtaxa: Oligosphaeridium albertense Oligosphaeridium albertenses Oligosphaeridium anthophorum Oligosphaeridium asterigerum Oligosphaeridium cephalum Oligosphaeridium complex Oligosphaeridium dictyophorum Oligosphaeridium dividuum Oligosphaeridium perforatum Oligosphaeridium poculum Oligosphaeridium porosum Oligosphaeridium pulcherrimum Oligosphaeridium pulcherrimun Oligosphaeridium totum Oligosphaeridium verrucosum
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (27 collections), Argentina (5), Brazil (23), Chile (6), Egypt (41), France (1), Ghana (21), Greenland (1), India (2), Israel (2), the Russian Federation (6)
Total: 135 collections including 166 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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