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
Belongs to Mesodictyon according to E. Theriot and J. P. Bradbury 1987
Sister taxa: Mesodictyon fovis, Mesodictyon undulatum
Type specimen: ANSP A-G.C. 6425 5a. Its type locality is Diatom Locality 14 I 80-40N, West Browns Creek, which is in a Miocene lacustrine siltstone/ash in the Chalk Hills Formation of Idaho.
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution: found only at Diatom Locality 14 I 80-40N, West Browns Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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