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Caligodinium

Dinophyceae

Discussion

Phylum: Dinophyta

Class: Dinophyceae

Order: Gonyaulacales

Genus: Caligodinium

Taxonomy
Caligodinium was named by Drugg (1970). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dinophyceae by Guler et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Caligodinium Drugg
2005Caligodinium Guler et al. p. 425

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Chromalveolata
Alveolata
Myzozoa
RankNameAuthor
subphylumDinozoa
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
genusCaligodiniumDrugg 1970

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. †Caligodinium Drugg 1970
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Caligodinium aceras Manum and Cookson 1964
Caligodinium perforatum Guler et al. 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Burdigalian or 72.20000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. perforatum (232642) C. sp. (232650 232652)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Azerbaijan C. sp. (116623)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Azerbaijan C. sp. (116625)