Lophocysta Manum 1979

Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales

Full reference: S. B. Manum. 1979. Two new Tertiary dinocyst genera from the Norwegian Sea Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 28:237-248

Parent taxon: Gonyaulacales according to S. B. Manum 1979

Sister taxa: Areoligeraceae, Balcattia, Batiacasphaera, Bourkidinium, Ceratiaceae, Cerebrocysta, Chlamydophorella, Cladopyxiaceae, Cleistosphaeridium, Dapsilidinium, Dingodinium, Dissimulidinium, Ellipsoidictyum, Elytrocysta, Epiplosphaera, Flamingoia, Fusiformacysta, Gardodinium, Goniodomaceae, Gonyaulacaceae, Heslertonia, Hystrichosphaeridiaceae, Impletosphaeridium, Labyrinthodinium, Membranilarnacia, Membranilarnax, Moorodinium, Papuadinium, Paucisphaeridium, Peridictyocysta, Productodinium, Reticulatosphaera, Shublikodiniaceae, Tanyosphaeridium, Tetrachacysta, Valensiella, Xiphophoridium

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Pamunkey River-near Putneys Mill (Eocene of Virginia)

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