Leptodinium Klement 1960

Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae

Parent taxon: Gonyaulacaceae according to Klement 1960

See also Andrews 1970 and 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, 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: Leptodinium ambiguum Leptodinium asymmetricum Leptodinium cancellatum Leptodinium eumorphum Leptodinium flammeolum Leptodinium mirabile Leptodinium ovum Leptodinium posterosulcatum Leptodinium simplex Leptodinium subtile

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Type: Leptodinium subtile

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (1: Alaska collection)

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), Greenland (5), India (1), the Russian Federation (2)

• Jurassic of Greenland (3), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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