Triceratium Ehrenberg 1839 (diatom)

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

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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

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