Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Full reference: I. C. Cookson and A. Eisenack. 1958. Microplankton from Australian and New Guinea Upper Mesozoic sediments. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 70:19-79
Parent taxon: Gonyaulacaceae according to D. Burger 1996
Sister taxa: Achilleodinium, Achomosphaera, Amiculosphaera, Amphorosphaeridium, Araneosphaera, Areosphaeridium, Ataxiodinium, Atlantodinium, Avellodinium, Bitectatodinium, Cannosphaeropsis, Carduifolia, Cassiculosphaeridia, Chytroeisphaeridia, Cometodinium, Conneximura, Cordosphaeridium, Coronifera, Corradinisphaeridium, Corrudinium, Cousteaudinium, Cribroperidinium, Ctenidodinium, Cyclapophysis, Dalella, Damassadinium, Diphyes, Discorsia, Dissiliodinium, Eatonicysta, Endoscrinium, Epitricysta, Escharisphaeridia, Evittosphaerula, Exiguisphaera, Fibradinium, Fibrocysta, Florentinia, Galeacysta, Gelatia, Gonyaulacysta, Gonyaulax, Habibacysta, Hafniasphaera, Hapsocysta, Hemiplacophora, Heterosphaeridium, Hystrichodinium, Hystrichokolpoma, Hystrichosphaerina, Impagidinium, Kaiwaradinium, Kallosphaeridium, Kenleyia, Kiokansium, Kleithriasphaeridium, Lanternosphaeridium, Leptodinioideae, Leptodinium, Liesbergia, Lingulodinium, Litosphaeridium, Meiourogonyaulax, Melitasphaeridium, Nematosphaeropsis, Nexosispinum, Ochetodinium, Oligosphaeridium, Operculodinium, Perisseiasphaeridium, Pervosphaeridium, Protoellipsodinium, Psaligonyaulax, Pterodinium, Pyxidinopsis, Rhynchodiniopsis, Rigaudella, Saturnodinium, Scriniodinium, Sentusidinium, Sirmiodiniopsis, Sirmiodinium, Stephodinium, Stiphrosphaeridium, Surculosphaeridium, Systematophora, Tehamadinium, Thalassiphora, Tubotuberella, Unipontidinium, Wilsonisphaera, Yalkalpodinium
Subtaxa: Wanaea acollaris Wanaea clathrata Wanaea digitata Wanaea spectabilis
Type: Epicephalopyxis spectabilis
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Jurassic of China (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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