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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).
It was assigned to Dinoflagellata by Andrews (1970).
Species
S. delitiense (type species), S. reticulatum
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1936 | Spongodinium Deflandre |
1970 | Spongodinium Andrews |
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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
Collections (10 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Campanian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | S. delitiense (36384) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | S. reticulatum (232643) S. sp. (232649) | |
Paleocene | USA (Missouri) | S. delitiense (231939 231940 231941 231942 231943 231944 231960) |