†Mesodictyon Theriot and Bradbury 1987 (diatom)
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Bacillariophyceae - Thalassiosirales - Thalassiosiraceae
Full reference: E. Theriot and J. P. Bradbury. 1987. Mesodictyon, a New Fossil Genus of the Centric Diatom Family Thalassiosiraceae from the Miocene Chalk Hills Formation, Western Snake River Plain, Idaho. Micropaleontology 33(4):356-367
Parent taxon: Thalassiosiraceae according to E. Theriot and J. P. Bradbury 1987
Sister taxa: Bacterosira, Planktoniella, Porosira, Shionodiscus, Sinerima, Thalassiosira
Subtaxa: Mesodictyon fovis Mesodictyon magnum Mesodictyon undulatum
Type: Mesodictyon magnum
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Idaho collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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