†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, Biddulphiaceae, Bruniopsis, Macrora, Dossetia, Mediaria, Discoideae, Stephanogonia, Clavicula, Triceratiaceae, Periptera, Bacillariophytina, Cosmiodiscus, Cymatogonia, Phaeophyceae, Xanthophyceae
Subtaxa: Pleurosigma affine
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (1 collection)
• Miocene of United States (2: Maryland, North Carolina)
• Neogene of India (1)
Total: 4 collections including 7 occurrences
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