Halicalyptra Ehrenberg 1846
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Chrysophyceae - Phytomastigophora - Dictyochaceae
Parent taxon: Dictyochaceae according to W. H. Abbott and J. J. Ernissee 1983
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bachmannocena, Cannopilus, Caryocha, Corbisema, Cornua, Dictyocha, Hannaites, Lyramula, Mesocena, Naviculopsis, Neonaviculopsis, Octactis, Paradictyocha, Paramesocena, Septamesocena, Silicoflagellida, Stephanocha, Vallacerta
Subtaxa: Halicalyptra aculeata Halicalyptra ambulans Halicalyptra similis Halicalyptra virginica
Type: Halicalyptra virginica
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Lee Creek, Pungo River Fm. (Miocene to Miocene of North Carolina)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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