Chrysophyceae - Phytomastigophora - Dictyochaceae
Full reference: G.D. Hanna. 1928. Silicoflagellata from the Cretaceous of California. Journal of Palaeontology 1:259-263
Parent taxon: Dictyochaceae according to D. Harwood 1988
See also Abbott and Ernissee 1983, Barron et al. 1984 and Locker 1974
Sister taxa: Bachmannocena, Cannopilus, Caryocha, Cornua, Dictyocha, Halicalyptra, Hannaites, Lyramula, Mesocena, Naviculopsis, Neonaviculopsis, Octactis, Paradictyocha, Paramesocena, Septamesocena, Silicoflagellida, Stephanocha, Vallacerta
Subtaxa: Corbisema angularis Corbisema exilis Corbisema flexuosa Corbisema hastata Corbisema inermis Corbisema regina
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (1 collection), Peru (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Eocene of United States (1: California)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (10)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (11)
Total: 25 collections including 68 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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