Mediophyceae - Stephanodiscales - Thalassiosirophycidae
Full reference: C.G. Ehrenberg. 1845. Neue Untersuchungen über das kleinste Leben als geologisches Moment. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1845:53-87
Parent taxon: Stephanodiscaceae according to Z. I. Glezer and V. I. Makarova 1986
See also Lakhanpal et al. 1976 and Stoermer and Julius 2003
Sister taxon: Cyclotella
Subtaxa: Stephanodiscus excentricus Stephanodiscus niagarae Stephanodiscus rhombus
Type: Stephanodiscus niagarae
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (2 collections), United States (7: California, Oregon)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (2)
• Pliocene of Armenia (1), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 13 collections including 21 occurrences
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