Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Full reference: E. Lindemann. 1928. Abteilung Peridineae (Dinoflagellatae). In: Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien nebst ihren Gattungen und wichtgeren Arten inbesodere den Nutzpflanzen unter Mirwirkung zahlreichter hervorrangender Fachgelehrten begründet vom A. Engler und K. Prantl. Zweite Stark 3(104)
Parent taxon: Gonyaulacales according to Taylor 1980
See also Guler et al. 2005 and Lindemann 1928
Sister taxa: Areoligeraceae, Balcattia, Batiacasphaera, Bourkidinium, Ceratiaceae, Cerebrocysta, Chlamydophorella, Cladopyxiaceae, Cleistosphaeridium, Dapsilidinium, Dingodinium, Dissimulidinium, Ellipsoidictyum, Elytrocysta, Epiplosphaera, Flamingoia, Fusiformacysta, Gardodinium, Goniodomaceae, Heslertonia, Hystrichosphaeridiaceae, Impletosphaeridium, Labyrinthodinium, Lophocysta, Membranilarnacia, Membranilarnax, Moorodinium, Papuadinium, Paucisphaeridium, Peridictyocysta, Productodinium, Reticulatosphaera, Shublikodiniaceae, Tanyosphaeridium, Tetrachacysta, Valensiella, Xiphophoridium
Subtaxa: 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 Wanaea Wilsonisphaera Yalkalpodinium
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), Italy (3), Portugal (1)
• Pliocene of the Netherlands (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (8), Australia (5), Azerbaijan (4), Panama (2), United States (1: Maryland)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (9)
• Oligocene of Argentina (7), Azerbaijan (1), Denmark (3), Germany (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Australia (1), Colombia (6), Japan (2), Ukraine (1), United States (3: Alaska, Missouri, Virginia)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (9), Argentina (1), Colombia (1), United States (6: Missouri)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (70), Argentina (28), Brazil (28), Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Chile (7), Egypt (59), France (1), Ghana (21), Greenland (8), India (2), Israel (5), New Zealand (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (12), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: New Jersey)
• Jurassic of China (3), France (1), Greenland (5), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (10), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 356 collections including 943 occurrences