†Spinidinium Cookson and Eisenack 1962

Dinophyceae - Peridiniales - Deflandreaceae

Full reference: I.C. Cookson and A. Eisenack. 1962. Additional microplankton from Australian Cretaceous sediments. Micropaleontology 8(4):485-507

Parent taxon: Deflandreaceae according to I.C. Cookson and A. Eisenack 1962

See also Burger 1988

Sister taxa: Abratopdinium, Kisselovia, Palaeocystodinium

Subtaxa: Spinidinium boydii Spinidinium echinoideum Spinidinium lanterna Spinidinium macmurdoense Spinidinium styloniferum

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Type: Spinidinium styloniferum

Distribution:

• Eocene of Antarctica (2 collections)

• Paleocene of United States (6: Missouri)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (8), Argentina (4), Canada (3: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut)

Total: 23 collections including 25 occurrences

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