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Cyclonephelium

Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Areoligeraceae

Taxonomy
Cyclonephelium was named by Deflandre and Cookson (1955). It is not extant. Its type is Cyclonephelium compactum.

It was assigned to Dinophyceae by Andrews (1970); and to Areoligeraceae by Lakhanpal et al. (1976) and Araujo Carvalho (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Cyclonephelium Deflandre and Cookson
1970Cyclonephelium Andrews
1976Cyclonephelium Lakhanpal et al.
2001Cyclonephelium Araujo Carvalho

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RankNameAuthor
phylumMyzozoa
subphylumDinozoa
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
RankNameAuthor
orderGonyaulacales
familyAreoligeraceaeEvitt 1963
genusCyclonepheliumDeflandre and Cookson 1955

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Cyclonephelium Deflandre and Cookson 1955
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Cyclonephelium aerolatum Cookson and Eisenack 1960
Cyclonephelium chabaca Below 1981
Cyclonephelium clathromarginatum Cookson and Eisenack 1962
Cyclonephelium compactum Deflandre and Cookson 1955
Cyclonephelium deconinckii Boltenhagen 1977
Cyclonephelium densebarbatum Cookson and Eisenack 1960
Cyclonephelium distinctum Deflandre and Cookson 1955
Cyclonephelium hughesii Clarke and Verdier 1967
Cyclonephelium hystrix Davey 1978
Cyclonephelium membraniphorum Cookson and Eisenack 1962
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Valanginian to the top of the Paleocene or 140.20000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (142 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Russian Federation C. cuculliforme (65439 65700) C. sp. (65433)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Tamil Nadu) C. distinctum (224609)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation C. cuculliforme (65443 65748)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation C. cuculliforme (65459 65751)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Russian Federation C. cuculliforme (65458)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0United Kingdom (England) C. distinctum (32361)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Egypt (El Wadi El Gadid) C. vannophorum (139497 139499)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Chile (Doceava RegiĆ³n) C. vannophorum (150023)
Barremian - Albian129.4 - 100.5Israel (Southern Coastal Plain) C. sp. (144152 144153 144154 144156 144159 144160 144164 144168)
Barremian - Santonian129.4 - 83.6Antarctica C. compactum (153420)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Ghana (Sekondi-Takoradi) C. vannophorum (142264 142265 142267 142268 142269 142270)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Brazil (Sergipe) C. sp. (169693 169694 169696 169700 169702 169703 169705 169706 169709 169710 169713 169714 169717 169719 169720 169721 169724 169725 169726 169728 169729 169730 169732 169736 169737 169739 169740 169742 169743 169744 169745 169748 169749 169750 169752 169753 169754 169756 169757 169759 169760 169761 169762 169765 169769 169770 169771 169772 169777 169788)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Ghana (Sekondi-Takoradi) C. vannophorum (142243 142245 142246 142248 142250 142252 142253 142255 142256 142258 142259 142261 142263)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Antarctica C. hystrix (153431 153432)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Antarctica C. compactum (153421)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Israel (Southern Coastal Plain) C. sp. (144149)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica C. compactum (153428)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (north Western Desert) C. vannophorum (140415 140416 140417 140418 140419 140422 140423 140426 140427 140428 140436 140437)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Ghana (Sekondi-Takoradi) C. vannophorum (142230 142232 142237)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (Western Desert) C. vannophorum (144979 145096 145097 145098 145099 145100 145101 145102 145103 145104 145105 145106 145107 145108)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (north Western Desert) C. vannophorum (140411 140413 140414)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Egypt (north Western Desert) C. vannophorum (140379)
Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.5Antarctica C. sp. (169348 169349 169351 169352)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Antarctica C. compactum (150509) C. sp. (169354)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica C. distinctum (153427)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Missouri) C. sp. (231939 231940 231941 231942 231943 231944)