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Ceratiaceae

Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Ceratiaceae

Taxonomy
Ceratiaceae was named by Lindemann (1928). It is extant.

It was assigned to Gonyaulacales by Taylor (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Ceratiaceae Lindemann
1980Ceratiaceae Taylor

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
—Alveolata
—Myzozoa
subphylumDinozoa
RankNameAuthor
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
orderGonyaulacales
familyCeratiaceaeLindemann 1928
familyCeratiaceaeLindemann 1928

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.

Fm. Ceratiaceae Lindemann 1928
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G. †Aptea Eisenack 1958
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†Aptea attadalica Cookson and Eisenak 1962
†Aptea polymorpha Eisenack 1958
G. †Muderongia Cookson and Eisenack 1958
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†Muderongia australis Helby 1987
†Muderongia brachialis Ottone and Pérez 2002
†Muderongia endovata Riding et al. 2001
†Muderongia mcwhaei Cookson and Eisenack 1958
†Muderongia neocomica Helby 1987
†Muderongia pariata Duxbury 1983
†Muderongia siciliana Torricelli 1997
†Muderongia simplex Alberti 1961
†Muderongia staurota Sarjeant 1966
†Muderongia testudinaria Burger 1980
†Muderongia tetracantha Alberti 1961
†Muderongia tomaszowensis Alberti 1961
G. †Odontochitina Deflandre 1935
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†Odontochitina costata Alberti 1961
†Odontochitina cribropoda Deflandre and Cookson 1955
†Odontochitina imparilis Jain and Khowaja-Ateequzzaman 1984
†Odontochitina indigena Marshall 1988
†Odontochitina operculata Deflandre 1935
†Odontochitina porifera Cookson 1956
†Odontochitina singhii Morgan 1980
†Odontochitina spinosa Wilson 1984
G. †Phoberocysta Millioud 1969
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†Phoberocysta burgeri Helby 1987
†Phoberocysta neocomica Millioud 1969
G. †Pseudoceratium Gocht 1957
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†Pseudoceratium ludbrookiae Eisenack 1961
†Pseudoceratium polymorphum Eisenack 1958
†Pseudoceratium turneri Cookson and Eisenack 1958
G. †Vesperopsis Bint 1986
G. †Xenascus Cookson and Eisenack
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†Xenascus australensis Cookson and Eisenack 1969
†Xenascus australis Cookson and Eisenack 1960
†Xenascus ceratioides Lentin and Williams 1973
†Xenascus ghanaensis Masure et al. 1998
†Xenascus gochtii Stover and Evitt 1978
†Xenascus perforatum Lentin and Vozzhennikova 1990
†Xenascus plotei Below 1981
†Xenascus sarjeantii Stover and Evitt 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Eocene or 143.10000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (150 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05France (Poitou-Charentes) Odontochitina imparilis (142093)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Greenland Muderongia tetracantha (66558)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation Muderongia simplex (65459)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Muderongia sp. (32359)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation Phoberocysta tabulata, Muderongia simplex (65458)
Valanginian - Barremian137.05 - 121.4Chile (Doceava Región) Aptea spp. (150028) Ceratiaceae indeterminate (150016 150037) Pseudoceratium spp. (150034)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Russian Federation Muderongia simplex (65754)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Argentina (Neuquén) Pseudoceratium sp., Muderongia spp., Phoberocysta neocomica, Muderongia brachialis, Muderongia pariata, Muderongia siciliana, Muderongia staurota, Pseudoceratium pelliferum (150584)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4United Kingdom (England) Muderongia sp. (32367)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Egypt (El Wadi El Gadid) Odontochitina operculata (139495) Pseudoceratium sp. cf. P. retusum, Odontochitina operculata (139497 139499)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Russian Federation (Ul'yanovsk) Phoberocysta neocomica, Pseudoceratium pelliferum (118044)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Chile (Doceava Regón) Ceratiaceae indeterminate (150031)
Barremian - Albian125.77 - 100.5Israel (Southern Coastal Plain) Odontochitina sp. A. (144169)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Antarctica Odontochitina spp., Muderongia australis (150202) Odontochitina spp., Muderongia macwhaei, Muderongia tetracantha, Muderongia australis (150204)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Egypt (Matruh) Pseudoceratium expolitum, Pseudoceratium securigerum (137370 137371)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Antarctica Muderongia tetracantha, Aptea polymorpha, Odontochitina singhii (150205)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Brazil (Sergipe) Odontochitina operculata (169710 169728) Pseudoceratium sp. (169693 169694 169696 169697 169703 169705 169706 169709 169711 169713 169714 169716 169717 169725 169726 169731 169735 169737 169739 169742 169743 169744 169748 169750 169753 169755 169756 169759 169760 169767 169768 169769 169771 169772) Pseudoceratium sp., Odontochitina operculata (169727 169741)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Antarctica Pseudoceratium sp. A, Odontochitina operculata, Muderongia tetracantha, Muderongia staurota (153431 153432)
Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Antarctica Odontochitina costata (153422) Odontochitina operculata (153421) Odontochitina operculata, Xenascus australensis, Odontochitina costata, Odontochitina singhii, Pseudoceratium turneri (153423)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian110.1 - 100.5Antarctica Odontochitina operculata, Pseudoceratium turneri (153430)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Antarctica Pseudoceratium ludbrookiae (63942)
Late/Upper Albian - Late/Upper Turonian106.3 - 89.8Antarctica Odontochitina singhii (150206)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica Odontochitina singhii (153428) Odontochitina sp. A (153426)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt (north Western Desert) Phoberocysta sp. (140422) Xenascus ceratioides (140415 140420)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt (north Western Desert) Odontochitina sp. (140413)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt (north Western Desert) Odontochitina sp. (140401)
Middle Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt (north Western Desert) Xenascus ceratioides (140388)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Antarctica Odontochitina operculata (169326)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Antarctica Odontochitina porifera, Xenascus australensis, Odontochitina cribropoda (150208)
Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.6Antarctica Odontochitina operculata, Xenascus spp. (169332 169334) Odontochitina porifera, Xenascus spp., Odontochitina cribropoda (169344) Odontochitina sp., Xenascus spp., Odontochitina cribropoda (169348 169349 169351 169352) Xenascus spp. (169329 169330 169331 169335 169337 169338 169339 169340 169341 169342 169343) Xenascus spp., Odontochitina cribropoda (169346)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Egypt (north Western Desert) Odontochitina sp., Xenascus ceratioides, Odontochitina singhii, Phoberocysta sp., Phoberocysta neocomica (140379) Phoberocysta neocomica (140380) Xenascus ceratioides (140385)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Antarctica Odontochitina sp. I, Odontochitina sp. II, Odontochitina operculata, Odontochitina porifera, Xenascus australensis, Odontochitina costata, Odontochitina cribropoda, Odontochitina singhii (150509) Odontochitina sp., Odontochitina cribropoda (169354)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Odontochitina porifera (83352 83353)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Odontochitina porifera (83354)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Argentina (Santa Cruz) Odontochitina porifera (191781 191783 191785 191786 191787 191788 191789 191791 191792 191795 191796 191799 191802 191808 191811 191814 191815 191816 191817 191818 191819)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica Odontochitina indigena, Odontochitina operculata, Odontochitina porifera, Odontochitina spinosa, Xenascus australensis, Xenascus ceratioides, Xenascus gochtii, Xenascus sarjeantii, Phoberocysta sp. A (150182)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica Odontochitina operculata (150959 150960 150962 150966 150967 150968 150969 150971 150972 150974) Odontochitina porifera, Xenascus australensis, Odontochitina costata (153427)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica Odontochitina porifera (150622 150624 150626 150627)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Missouri) Odontochitina costata (231939 231940 231941 231942 231943 231944)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Missouri) Odontochitina costata (231931)