Bacillariophyceae - Centrales - Eupodiscaceae
Parent taxon: Eupodiscaceae according to M. -J. Chrétiennot-Dinet et al. 1993
See also Abbott and Ernissee 1983, Andrews 1976, Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Lemmermann 1899
Sister taxa: Eupodiscoideae, Eupodiscus
Subtaxa: Triceratium condecorum
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Neogene of India (1 collection)
• Miocene of Mexico (1), United States (2: Maryland, North Carolina)
• Oligocene of India (1)
• Eocene of Mexico (3), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (5)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (13)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (15), Canada (13: Northwest Territories, Nunavut)
Total: 55 collections including 123 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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