Chrysophyceae - Phytomastigophora - Dictyochaceae

Parent taxon: Dictyochaceae according to W. H. Abbott and J. J. Ernissee 1983

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bachmannocena, Cannopilus, Caryocha, Corbisema, Cornua, Dictyocha, Hannaites, Lyramula, Mesocena, Naviculopsis, Neonaviculopsis, Octactis, Paradictyocha, Paramesocena, Septamesocena, Silicoflagellida, Stephanocha, Vallacerta

Subtaxa: Halicalyptra aculeata Halicalyptra ambulans Halicalyptra similis Halicalyptra virginica

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Type: Halicalyptra virginica

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Lee Creek, Pungo River Fm. (Miocene to Miocene of North Carolina)

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