Chrysophyceae - Phytomastigophora - Dictyochaceae
Full reference: C. G. Ehrenberg. 1837. Nachricht des Hrn Agassiz in Neuchatel über den ebenfalls aus mikroskopichen Kiesel-Organismen gebildeten Polirschiefer von Oran in Afrika vor. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 59-61
Parent taxon: Dictyochaceae according to M. -J. Chrétiennot-Dinet et al. 1993
See also Abbott and Ernissee 1983, Lemmermann 1901 and Martin 1904
Sister taxa: Bachmannocena, Cannopilus, Caryocha, Corbisema, Cornua, Halicalyptra, Hannaites, Lyramula, Mesocena, Naviculopsis, Neonaviculopsis, Octactis, Paradictyocha, Paramesocena, Septamesocena, Silicoflagellida, Stephanocha, Vallacerta
Subtaxa: Dictyocha byronalis Dictyocha deflandrei Dictyocha fibula Dictyocha frenguellii
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Neogene of India (1)
• Oligocene of India (1)
• Eocene of United States (1: California)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (1)
Total: 6 collections including 12 occurrences
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