Full reference: P.A.C. Heiberg. 1863. Conspectus criticus Diatomacearum Danicarum. Kritisk Oversigt over De Danske Diatomeer. Wilhelm Priors Forlag, Kjøbenhavn 135pp,6pls
Parent taxon: Bacillariophyceae according to D. Harwood 1988
See also Abbott and Ernissee 1983 and Heiberg 1863
Sister taxa: Acanthodiscus, Achnanthales, Anaulales, Annellus, Arachnoidiscales, Asterolamprales, Aulacodiscaceae, Aulacoseirales, Bacillariales, Bacillariophycidae, Baxteria, Biddulphiales, Cavitatus, Chaetocerotaceae, Corethrales, Corinna, Coscinodiscales, Cresswellia, Cussia, Cyclophorales, Cymatodiscus, Cymatosirales, Cymbellales, Detonia, Dextradonator, Diatomaceae, Dicladia, Discodiscus, Dispinodiscus, Entogonia, Epithelion, Ethmodiscales, Eunotiales, Eurossia, Eustephaniaceae, Fenestrella, Fenestrellina, Fragilariales, Gladius, Glyphodiscus, Goniothecium, Helminthopsis, Hemiaulales, Hemidiscaceae, Hendeya, Horodiscus, Huttonia, Ikebea, Incisoria, Kannoa, Katahiraia, Kentrodiscus, Kittonia, Kozloviella, Leptocylindrales, Licnophoridae, Liostephania, Liradiscus, Liriogramma, Lithodesmiales, Longinata, Mastogloiales, Melosirales, Monobrachia, Muelleriopsis, Naviculales, Neobrunia, Odontotropis, Omphalotheca, Paraliales, Peponia, Poretzkia, Porotheca, Praecymatosira, Pseudodimerogramma, Pseudopyxilla, Pseudostictodiscus, Pterotheca, Pyrgodiscus, Raphidineae, Rhabdonematales, Rhaphoneidales, Rhizosoleniales, Rhoicosphenia, Rhopalodiales, Rouxia, Schimperiella, Simonseniella, Solium, Stictodiscales, Striatellales, Surirellales, Symbolophora, Tabellariales, Thalassionematales, Thalassiophysales, Thalassiosirales, Thalassiosiropsis, Triceratiales, Trochosiropsis, Tubaformis, Tubulariidae, Tumulopsis, Vulcanella, Xanthiopyxis, Pennales, Heterales, Centrales
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: Alabama, Texas)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (15)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (19), Canada (51: Northwest Territories, Nunavut)
Total: 89 collections including 209 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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