Dinophyceae - Peridiniales - Peridiniaceae
Full reference: K. P. Jain and P. Millepied. 1971. Cretaceous microplankton from Senegal basin N.W. Africa 1- Some new genera species and combinations of dinoflagellates. The Paleobotanist 20(1):22-35
Parent taxon: Peridiniaceae according to M. Araujo Carvalho 2001
See also Smith and Xu 1988
Sister taxa: Alterbia, Alterbidinium, Andalusiella, Ascodinium, Brigantedinium, Cepadinium, Cerodinium, Charlesdowniea, Chatangiella, Craspedodinium, Dioxya, Epelidosphaeridia, Eucladinium, Geiselodinium, Glenodinium, Heibergella, Hexagonifera, Holmwoodinium, Isabelidinium, Leberidocysta, Lentinia, Maduradinium, Manumiella, Muiriella, Obliquipithonella, Orthopithonella, Palaeohystrichophora, Peridinium, Phthanoperidinium, Pierceites, Pithonella, Pyxidiella, Quinquecuspis, Satyrodinium, Talimudinium, Trinovantedinium, Trithyrodinium, Votadinium, Vozzhennikovia, Wilsonidium
Subtaxa: Subtilisphaera cheit Subtilisphaera crassiangulosa Subtilisphaera deformans Subtilisphaera perlucida Subtilisphaera pirnaensis Subtilisphaera rotundata Subtilisphaera scabrata Subtilisphaera senegalensis Subtilisphaera ventriosa Subtilisphaera zawia
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Brazil (90), Egypt (33), Ghana (21), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of China (1)
Total: 147 collections including 161 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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