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Wanaea

Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae

Taxonomy
Wanaea was named by Cookson and Eisenack (1958). It is not extant. Its type is Epicephalopyxis spectabilis.

It was assigned to Gonyaulacaceae by Burger (1996).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Wanaea Cookson and Eisenack
1996Wanaea Burger

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Chromalveolata
Alveolata
Myzozoa
subphylumDinozoa
RankNameAuthor
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
orderGonyaulacales
familyGonyaulacaceae
genusWanaea

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. †Wanaea Cookson and Eisenack 1958
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Wanaea acollaris Dodekova 1975
Wanaea clathrata Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Wanaea digitata Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Wanaea spectabilis Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bajocian to the top of the Barremian or 168.60000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Russian Federation (Karachay-Cherkessia) W. acollaris (198643)
Callovian - Kimmeridgian165.3 - 149.2China (Qinghai) W. digitata (61532)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4United Kingdom (England) W. fimbriata (32373)