Bacillariophyceae - Coscinodiscales - Coscinodiscaceae
Full reference: F.T. Kützing. 1844. Die Kieselschaligen. Bacillarien oder Diatomeen. Nordhausen 152pp,3pls
Parent taxon: Coscinodiscales according to F. E. Round et al. 1990
See also Andrews 1976, Kützing 1844 and Patrick 1940
Sister taxa: Heliopeltaceae, Rocella, Rocellaceae
Subtaxa: Cestodiscus Coscinodiscoideae Coscinodiscus Craspedodiscus Melosiroideae Stellarima
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Chile (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Japan (2)
• Neogene of India (1)
• Miocene of Mexico (1), Morocco (1), United States (3: Maryland, North Carolina, Washington)
• Oligocene of India (1)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (9)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (11), Canada (45: Northwest Territories, Nunavut)
Total: 76 collections including 154 occurrences