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Spongodinium

Discussion

Phylum: Dinophyta Class: Dinophyceae Order: Peridiniales Family: Gonyaulacaceae Genus: Spongodinium

Taxonomy
Spongodinium was named by Deflandre (1936). It is not extant. Its type is Spongodinium delitiense.

It was assigned to Dinoflagellata by Andrews (1970).

Species
S. delitiense (type species), S. reticulatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Spongodinium Deflandre
1970Spongodinium Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Chromalveolata
Alveolata
RankNameAuthor
Myzozoa
subphylumDinozoa
superclassDinoflagellata
genusSpongodiniumDeflandre 1936

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. †Spongodinium Deflandre 1936
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Spongodinium delitiense Ehrenberg 1936
Spongodinium reticulatum Hultberg 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Paleocene or 83.60000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Northwest Territories) S. delitiense (36384)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) S. reticulatum (232643) S. sp. (232649)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Missouri) S. delitiense (231939 231940 231941 231942 231943 231944 231960)