Family Stictodiscaceae Simonsen 1972 (diatom)
Bacillariophyceae - Stictodiscales - Stictodiscaceae
Full reference: R. Simonsen. 1972. Ideas for a more natural system of the centric diatoms. Beihefte Zur Nova Hedwigia 39:31-54
Parent taxon: Stictodiscales according to F. E. Round et al. 1990
Sister taxon: Benetoraceae
Subtaxa: Stictodiscus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Neogene of India (1)
• Oligocene of India (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 4 collections including 7 occurrences