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Cometodinium

Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae

Taxonomy
Cometodinium was named by Deflandre and Courteville (1940). It is not extant. Its type is Cometodinium obscurum.

It was assigned to Gonyaulacaceae by Deflandre and Courteville (1939); and to Dinophyceae by Andrews (1970).

Species
C. comatum, C. obscurum (type species), C. whitei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Cometodinium Deflandre and Courteville
1940Cometodinium Deflandre and Courteville
1970Cometodinium Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
—Alveolata
—Myzozoa
subphylumDinozoa
RankNameAuthor
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
orderGonyaulacales
familyGonyaulacaceae
genusCometodiniumDeflandre and Courteville 1940

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. †Cometodinium Deflandre and Courteville 1940
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†Cometodinium comatum Srivastava 1984
†Cometodinium obscurum Deflandre and Courteville 1939
†Cometodinium whitei Deflandre and Courteville 1939
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Aptian or 125.77000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Chile (Doceava Región) C. comatum (150023)