Chrysophyceae - Phytomastigophora - Dictyochaceae
Full reference: E. Lemmermann. 1901. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Planktonalgen. XII. Notizen über einige Schwebealgen. XIII. Das Phytoplankton des Ryck und des Greifswalder Boddens. Berichte der deutsche botanischen Gesellschaft 19:85-95
Parent taxon: Phytomastigophora according to D. Harwood 1988
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Bachmannocena Cannopilus Caryocha Corbisema Cornua Dictyocha Halicalyptra Hannaites Lyramula Mesocena Naviculopsis Neonaviculopsis Octactis Paradictyocha Paramesocena Septamesocena Silicoflagellida Stephanocha Vallacerta
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Neogene of India (1 collection)
• Miocene of Chile (1), Mexico (2), Peru (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Eocene of United States (1: California)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (11)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (17)
Total: 35 collections including 162 occurrences