Phylum: Dinophyta Class: Dinophyceae Order: Gonyaulacales Genus: Tanyosphaeridium
Parent taxon: Gonyaulacales according to Davey and Williams 1966
Sister taxa: Areoligeraceae, Balcattia, Batiacasphaera, Bourkidinium, Ceratiaceae, Cerebrocysta, Chlamydophorella, Cladopyxiaceae, Cleistosphaeridium, Dapsilidinium, Dingodinium, Dissimulidinium, Ellipsoidictyum, Elytrocysta, Epiplosphaera, Flamingoia, Fusiformacysta, Gardodinium, Goniodomaceae, Gonyaulacaceae, Heslertonia, Hystrichosphaeridiaceae, Impletosphaeridium, Labyrinthodinium, Lophocysta, Membranilarnacia, Membranilarnax, Moorodinium, Papuadinium, Paucisphaeridium, Peridictyocysta, Productodinium, Reticulatosphaera, Shublikodiniaceae, Tetrachacysta, Valensiella, Xiphophoridium
Subtaxa: Tanyosphaeridium isocalamum Tanyosphaeridium isocalamus Tanyosphaeridium magneticum Tanyosphaeridium salpinx Tanyosphaeridium variecalamum Tanyosphaeridium xanthiopyxides
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Antarctica (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (19), Argentina (2), Brazil (3), Greenland (4), Israel (3), the Russian Federation (5), United States (1: Texas)
• Jurassic of Greenland (1)
Total: 40 collections including 43 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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