Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Parent taxon: Gonyaulacaceae according to Eisenack 1958
See also Andrews 1970
Sister taxa: Achilleodinium, Achomosphaera, Areosphaeridium, Avellodinium, Bitectatodinium, Cannosphaeropsis, Carduifolia, Cassiculosphaeridia, Chytroeisphaeridia, Cometodinium, Cordosphaeridium, Coronifera, Corradinisphaeridium, Corrudinium, Cribroperidinium, Ctenidodinium, Diphyes, Discorsia, Dissiliodinium, Eatonicysta, Endoscrinium, Epitricysta, Escharisphaeridia, Fibradinium, Fibrocysta, Florentinia, Gonyaulacysta, Gonyaulax, Hapsocysta, Hemiplacophora, Heterosphaeridium, Hystrichodinium, Hystrichokolpoma, Hystrichosphaerina, Impagidinium, Kaiwaradinium, Kallosphaeridium, Kenleyia, Kiokansium, Kleithriasphaeridium, Leptodinioideae, Leptodinium, Liesbergia, Lingulodinium, Litosphaeridium, Meiourogonyaulax, Melitasphaeridium, Nematosphaeropsis, Nexosispinum, Ochetodinium, Oligosphaeridium, Operculodinium, Perisseiasphaeridium, Pervosphaeridium, Protoellipsodinium, Psaligonyaulax, Pyxidinopsis, Rhynchodiniopsis, Rigaudella, Scriniodinium, Sentusidinium, Sirmiodiniopsis, Sirmiodinium, Stephodinium, Stiphrosphaeridium, Surculosphaeridium, Systematophora, Tehamadinium, Thalassiphora, Tubotuberella, Unipontidinium, Wanaea, Wilsonisphaera, Yalkalpodinium
Subtaxa: Pterodinium aliferum Pterodinium cingulatum Pterodinium cornutum
Type: Pterodinium aliferum
Distribution:
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (6), Argentina (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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