Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Full reference: W.R. Evitt. 1963. A discussion and proposals concerning fossil dinoflagellates, hystrichospheres, and acritarchs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 49(3):158-164
Parent taxon: Gonyaulacaceae according to W.R. Evitt 1963
See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Achilleodinium, 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, Oligosphaeridium, 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: Achomosphaera cambra Achomosphaera convexa Achomosphaera delicata Achomosphaera globulata Achomosphaera operculata Achomosphaera ramulifera Achomosphaera robusta Achomosphaera sagena Achomosphaera triangulata Achomosphaera valianta Achomosphaera verdieri
Type: Hystrichosphaeridium ramuliferum
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Netherlands (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1)
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (1)
• Oligocene of Denmark (1), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Colombia (6)
• Paleocene of United States (2: Missouri)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), India (1)
Total: 15 collections including 23 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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