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Kallosphaeridium

Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae

Discussion

Family: Gonyaulacaceae

Taxonomy
Kallosphaeridium was named by De Coninck (1969). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Gonyaulacaceae by de Coninck (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Kallosphaeridium De Coninck
1969Kallosphaeridium de Coninck

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Chromalveolata
Alveolata
Myzozoa
subphylumDinozoa
RankNameAuthor
superclassDinoflagellataBütschli 1885
classDinophyceae
orderGonyaulacales
familyGonyaulacaceae
genusKallosphaeridium

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. †Kallosphaeridium De Coninck 1969
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Kallosphaeridium yorubaense Jan du Chene and Adediran 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicasuperc
Environment: freshwaterc
Diet: "photoautotroph"superc
Created: 2026-03-29 15:51:37
Modified: 2026-03-29 20:51:37
Source: c = class, superc = superclass
References: Taylor 1987, Fritsch and West 1927

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bajocian to the top of the Danian or 168.60000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Russian Federation (Karachay-Cherkessia) K. hypornatum (198645)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Argentina (Neuquén) K. sp. (150584)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt (Western Desert) K. sp. (144979 145096 145097 145098 145099 145100 145101 145102 145103 145104 145105 145106 145107 145108)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt (Western Desert) K. sp. (145109 145110 145111 145112 145113 145114 145115 145116 145117 145118 145119 145120 145121 145122 145123 145124 145125)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Nunavut) K. ringnesiorum (36383)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) K. parvum (235472 235479)