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Tectatodinium

Dinophyceae - Peridiniales

Discussion

Phylum: Dinophyta

Class: Dinophyceae

Order: Peridiniales

Family: Gonyaulacaceae

Genus: Tectatodinium

Taxonomy
Tectatodinium was named by Wall (1967). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Peridiniales by Wall (1967).

Species
T. rugulatum
Species lacking formal opinion data
T. pellitum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Tectatodinium Wall

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
—Alveolata
—Myzozoa
RankNameAuthor
subphylumDinozoa
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
orderPeridiniales
genusTectatodiniumWall 1967

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. †Tectatodinium Wall 1967
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†Tectatodinium rugulatum McMinn 1988
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 Late/Upper Pliocene or 72.20000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) T. rugulatum (232648)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Virginia) T. pellitum (107512)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) T. pellitum (68021)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Azerbaijan T. sp. (116623)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) T. pellitum (55396)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Belgium (Campine Area) T. pellitum (122028)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) T. pellitum (59003)