Phylum: Dinophyta Class: Dinophyceae Order: Peridiniales Family: Gonyaulacaceae Genus: Spongodinium
Parent taxon: Dinoflagellata according to H. N. Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Acanthaulax, Aldorfia, Apectodinium, Biechelerella, Bulbodinium, Calciodinellum, Callaiosphaeridium, Canninginopsis, Chonesphaera, Crussolia, Dinophyceae, Disphaerogena, Dracodinium, Dubridinium, Emslandia, Eurydinium, Evittodinium, Filisphaera, Glyphanodinium, Haplohermesinum, Hystrichosphaeridea, Korystocysta, Lejeunia, Palambages, Palynodinium, Paraevansia, Paralecaniella, Pentadinium, Phallocysta, Pluriarvalium, Polysphaeridium, Rhombodinium, Schematophora, Scrippsiella, Svalbardella, Tubidermodinium, Turbiosphaera
Subtaxa: Spongodinium delitiense Spongodinium reticulatum
Type: Spongodinium delitiense
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (7: Missouri collections)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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