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Areoligeraceae

Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Areoligeraceae

Taxonomy
Areoligeraceae was named by Evitt (1963). It is not extant. Its type is Areoligera.

It was assigned to Dinophyceae by Evitt (1963); and to Gonyaulacales by Araujo Carvalho (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Areoligeraceae Evitt
2001Areoligeraceae Araujo Carvalho

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RankNameAuthor
phylumMyzozoa
subphylumDinozoa
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
RankNameAuthor
orderGonyaulacales
familyAreoligeraceaeEvitt 1963
familyAreoligeraceaeEvitt 1963

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.

Fm. †Areoligeraceae Evitt 1963
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G. †Adnatosphaeridium Williams and Downie 1966
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†Adnatosphaeridium filiferum Williams and Downie 1969
†Adnatosphaeridium multispinosum Williams and Downie 1966
G. †Areoligera Lejeune-Carpentier 1938
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†Areoligera coronata Lejeune-Carpentier 1938
†Areoligera senonensis Lejeune-Carpentier 1938
†Areoligera volata Drugg 1967
G. †Canningia Cookson and Eisenack 1960
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†Canningia colliveri Cookson and Eisenack 1960
†Canningia collivieri Cookson and Eisenak 1960
†Canningia minor Cookson and Hughes 1964
†Canningia minor psilata Burger 1980
†Canningia pistica Helby 1987
†Canningia reticulata Cookson and Eisenack 1960
†Canningia scabrosa Cookson and Eisenack 1970
†Canningia senonica Clarke and Verdier 1967
G. Cassidium Drugg 1967
G. †Circulodinium Alberti 1961
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†Circulodinium brevispinatum Fauconnier 2004
†Circulodinium brevispinosum Jansonius 1986
†Circulodinium deflandrei Alberti 1961
†Circulodinium distinctum Jansonius 1986
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†Circulodinium hirtellum Alberti 1961
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
G. †Glaphyrocysta Gerlach 1961
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†Glaphyrocysta texta Stover and Evitt 1978
†Glaphyrocysta wilsonii Kirsch 1991
G. †Riculacysta Stover 1977
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†Riculacysta perforata Stover 1977
G. †Senoniasphaera Clarke and Verdier 1967
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†Senoniasphaera inornata Stover and Evitt 1978
†Senoniasphaera protrusa Clarke and Verdier 1967
†Senoniasphaera ptomatis Helby et al. 1987
†Senoniasphaera rotundata Clarke and Verdier 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Valanginian to the top of the Aquitanian or 140.20000 to 20.44000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 139.8 Ma

Collections (169 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Russian Federation Circulodinium compta (65442) Circulodinium sp. (65699) Cyclonephelium cuculliforme (65700) Cyclonephelium cuculliforme, Circulodinium compta (65439) Cyclonephelium sp. (65433)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Tamil Nadu) Cyclonephelium distinctum (224609)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation Cyclonephelium cuculliforme (65443) Cyclonephelium cuculliforme, Circulodinium compta (65748)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation Cyclonephelium cuculliforme (65459) Cyclonephelium cuculliforme, Circulodinium compta (65751)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Russian Federation Cyclonephelium cuculliforme, Circulodinium compta (65458)
Valanginian - Barremian139.8 - 125.0Chile (Doceava Región) Canningia sp. (150033) Circulodinium deflandrei (150034) Circulodinium distinctum (150037)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Russian Federation Circulodinium distinctum (65754)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Argentina (Neuquén) Circulodinium distinctum, Canningia pistica, Circulodinium brevispinosum (150584)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0United Kingdom (England) Cyclonephelium distinctum (32361)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Egypt (El Wadi El Gadid) Circulodinium deflandrei (139495) Cyclonephelium vannophorum (139497) Cyclonephelium vannophorum, Circulodinium deflandrei (139499)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Chile (Doceava Región) Circulodinium distinctum (150024) Cyclonephelium vannophorum, Circulodinium distinctum (150023)
Barremian - Albian129.4 - 100.5Israel (Southern Coastal Plain) Cyclonephelium sp. (144152 144153 144154 144156 144159 144160 144164 144168)
Barremian - Santonian129.4 - 83.6Antarctica Cyclonephelium compactum (153420)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Ghana (Sekondi-Takoradi) Cyclonephelium vannophorum (142264 142265 142267 142268 142269 142270)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Antarctica Canningia sp. A (150205)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Brazil (Sergipe) Circulodinium sp. (169755 169785 169786) Cyclonephelium 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 169754 169756 169757 169760 169761 169762 169765 169769 169770 169771 169772 169777 169788) Cyclonephelium sp., Circulodinium sp. (169752 169753 169759)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Antarctica Canningia sp. A, Adnatosphaeridium filiferum, Circulodinium colliveri, Cyclonephelium hystrix (153431) Canningia sp. A, Cyclonephelium hystrix (153432)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Ghana (Sekondi-Takoradi) Cyclonephelium vannophorum (142243 142245 142246 142248 142250 142252 142253 142255 142256 142258 142259 142261 142263)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Antarctica Cyclonephelium compactum (153421)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Israel (Southern Coastal Plain) Cyclonephelium sp. (144149)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica Cyclonephelium compactum (153428)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0India (Meghalaya) Canningia sp. (224615)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (north Western Desert) Cyclonephelium vannophorum (140415 140416 140417 140418 140419 140422 140423 140426 140427 140428 140436 140437)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Ghana (Sekondi-Takoradi) Cyclonephelium vannophorum (142230 142232 142237)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (Western Desert) Cyclonephelium 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) Cyclonephelium vannophorum (140411 140413 140414)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Egypt (north Western Desert) Cyclonephelium vannophorum (140379)
Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.5Antarctica Cyclonephelium sp. (169348 169349 169351 169352)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Antarctica Circulodinium distinctum, Canningia sp. I, Canningia scabrosa, Cyclonephelium compactum (150509) Cyclonephelium sp. (169354)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica Cyclonephelium distinctum (153427)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Argentina (Santa Cruz) Circulodinium sp. (191807)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Antarctica Senoniasphaera protrusa, Senoniasphaera rotundata (150182)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Senoniasphaera inornata (172887)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Missouri) Adnatosphaeridium sp. (232056) Cyclonephelium sp. (231939 231940 231941 231942 231943 231944)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine Areoligera undulata, Glaphyrocysta intricata, Glaphyrocysta spineta, Glaphyrocysta semitecta (234819)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Japan (Hyogo) Glaphyrocysta pastielsii, Glaphyrocysta intricata (102038)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Colombia Glaphyrocysta sp. (28863)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Virginia) Glaphyrocysta sp. (107512)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine (Kyiv) Glaphyrocysta semitecta (57767)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Areoligera semicirculata, Areoligera sp., Glaphyrocysta sp. (68021)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark Glaphyrocysta semitecta (234518)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Azerbaijan Glaphyrocysta sp. (116637)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Azerbaijan Glaphyrocysta sp. (116623)