Herendeenia Wiggins 1969

Dinophyceae - Peridiniales

Full reference: V. D. Wiggins. 1969. Two Lower Cretaceous dinoflagellate species from Alaska. Micropaleontology 15:145-150

Parent taxon: Peridiniales according to V. D. Wiggins 1969

Sister taxa: Aireiana, Angustidinium, Arachnodinium, Barssidinium, Bitorus, Blysmatodinium, Deflandreaceae, Laciniadinium, Multispinula, Noricysta, Octodinium, Pentapharsodinium, Peridiniaceae, Protoperidiniaceae, Rhabdothorax, Shublikodinium, Stoveracysta, Susadinium, Tectatodinium, Tuberculodinium

Subtaxa: Herendeenia postprojecta

view classification

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Lagrelius Point Formation (Cretaceous of Antarctica)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.