Parent taxon: Gonyaulacales according to D. Burger 1996
Sister taxa: Areoligeraceae, Balcattia, Batiacasphaera, 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, Tanyosphaeridium, Tetrachacysta, Valensiella, Xiphophoridium
Subtaxa: Bourkidinium cylindricum Bourkidinium granulatum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Humps Island (Cretaceous of Antarctica)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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