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Trigonopyxidia

Taxonomy
Trigonopyxidia was named by Cookson and Eisenack (1961). It is not extant. Its type is Trigonopyxidia ginella.

It was assigned to Acritarcha by Andrews (1970).

Species
T. ginella (type species)
Entered
by P. Santamarina (authorized by C. Jaramillo) on 2013-09-04; modified by B. Allen on 2020-04-21

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Trigonopyxidia Cookson and Eisenack
1970Trigonopyxidia Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
RankNameAuthor
AcritarchaEvitt 1963
genusTrigonopyxidiaCookson and Eisenack 1961

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. †Trigonopyxidia Cookson and Eisenack 1961
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Trigonopyxidia ginella Downie and Sarjeant 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Environment: marineuc
Diet: "photoautotroph"uc
Created: 2026-03-25 11:23:14
Modified: 2026-03-25 11:23:14
Source: uc = unranked clade
Reference: Shu et al. 2025

Age range: Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Antarctica T. ginella (150208)