Bacillariophyceae - Melosirales - Melosiraceae
Full reference: F.T. Kützing. 1844. Die Kieselschaligen. Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. Nordhausen 152pp,3pls
Parent taxon: Melosirales according to F. E. Round et al. 1990
See also Fourtanier and Kociolek 1999
Sister taxa: Endictyaceae, Hyalodiscaceae, Stephanopyxidaceae, Trochosiraceae
Subtaxa: Melosira Podosira Pyxidicula
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ethiopia (1 collection), India (1), Kenya (1), Sweden (1), United States (3: California)
• Blancan of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (2)
• Pliocene of Armenia (1), Japan (2), United States (1: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (1)
• Miocene of United States (3: Maryland, North Carolina, Washington)
• Neogene of India (1)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Mexico (3)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (15)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (15), Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Nunavut)
Total: 56 collections including 88 occurrences