Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Areoligeraceae
Parent taxon: Gonyaulacales according to M. Araujo Carvalho 2001
Sister taxa: Balcattia, Batiacasphaera, Bourkidinium, Ceratiaceae, Cerebrocysta, Chlamydophorella, Cladopyxiaceae, Cleistosphaeridium, Dapsilidinium, Dingodinium, Dissimulidinium, Ellipsoidictyum, Elytrocysta, Epiplosphaera, Flamingoia, Fusiformacysta, Gardodinium, Goniodomaceae, Gonyaulacaceae, Heslertonia, Hystrichosphaeridiaceae, Impletosphaeridium, Labyrinthodinium, Lophocysta, Membranilarnacia, Membranilarnax, Moorodinium, Papuadinium, Paucisphaeridium, Peridictyocysta, Productodinium, Reticulatosphaera, Shublikodiniaceae, Tanyosphaeridium, Tetrachacysta, Valensiella, Xiphophoridium
Subtaxa: Adnatosphaeridium Areoligera Canningia Cassidium Circulodinium Cyclonephelium Glaphyrocysta Riculacysta Senoniasphaera
Type: Areoligera
Distribution:
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (1 collection)
• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1), Denmark (1), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Colombia (1), Japan (1), Ukraine (2), United States (1: Virginia)
• Paleocene of Argentina (9), United States (7: Missouri)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (14), Argentina (3), Brazil (53), Chile (5), Egypt (33), Ghana (22), India (2), Israel (9), the Russian Federation (11), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 178 collections including 209 occurrences