†Pleurosigma Smith 1852
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Parent taxon: Bacillariophyta according to W. H. Abbott and J. J. Ernissee 1983
See also Andrews 1976 and Lakhanpal et al. 1976
Sister taxa: Archaeomonas, Bacillariophyceae, Dictyochophyceae, Phaeophyceae, Xanthophyceae, Cosmiodiscus, Triceratiaceae, Bacillariophytina, Dossetia, Macrora, Stephanogonia, Discoideae, Biddulphiaceae, Cymatogonia, Periptera, Clavicula, Mediaria, Bruniopsis
Subtaxa: Pleurosigma affine
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (1 collection), South Pacific (2)
• Miocene of United States (2: Maryland, North Carolina)
• Neogene of India (1)
Total: 6 collections including 9 occurrences
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