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Selenopemphix

Dinophyceae - Peridiniales - Protoperidiniaceae

Taxonomy
Selenopemphix was named by Benedek (1972). It is extant.

It was assigned to Protoperidiniaceae by Benedek (1972).

Species
S. crenata, S. dionaeacysta, S. nephroides, S. warriensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. actinocoronata, S. coronata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Selenopemphix Benedek p. 47

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
—Alveolata
—Myzozoa
subphylumDinozoa
RankNameAuthor
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
orderPeridiniales
familyProtoperidiniaceae
genusSelenopemphix

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Selenopemphix Benedek 1972
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†Selenopemphix crenata Matsuoka and Bujak 1988
†Selenopemphix dionaeacysta Head et al. 1989
†Selenopemphix nephroides Benedek 1972
†Selenopemphix warriensis Biffi and Grignani 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 27.30000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) S. actinocoronata (151632) S. coronata (144141 144142 151631 151634) S. nephroides (151629)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Denmark S. nephroides (234515)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Argentina (Santa Cruz) S. sp., S. crenata, S. warriensis (142150 142151 142152 142154 142219)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Azerbaijan S. sp. (116623)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) S. nephroides (144139)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Belgium (Campine Area) S. armageddonensis, S. brevispinosa, S. dionaeacysta, S. nephroides (122028)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) S. quanta (59003)