Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Ceratiaceae
Parent taxon: Ceratiaceae according to Deflandre 1937
See also Andrews 1970 and Santamarina et al. 2025
Sister taxa: Aptea, Muderongia, Phoberocysta, Pseudoceratium, Vesperopsis, Xenascus
Subtaxa: Odontochitina costata Odontochitina cribropoda Odontochitina imparilis Odontochitina indigena Odontochitina operculata Odontochitina porifera Odontochitina rhakodes Odontochitina singhii Odontochitina spinosa
Type: Odontochitina operculata
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Missouri collection)
• Paleocene of United States (6: Missouri)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (44), Argentina (22), Brazil (4), Egypt (6), France (1), Israel (1)
Total: 85 collections including 107 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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