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Lithodinia

Dinophyceae

Discussion

Class: Dinophyceae Order: Peridiniales Family: Gonyaulacaceae

Taxonomy
Lithodinia was named by Eisenack (1935). It is not extant. Its type is Lithodinia jurassica.

It was assigned to Dinophyceae by Andrews (1970).

Species
L. bulloidea, L. diaphanus, L. jurassica (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. deflandrei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Lithodinia Eisenack
1970Lithodinia Andrews

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
—Alveolata
—Myzozoa
RankNameAuthor
subphylumDinozoa
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
genusLithodiniaEisenack 1935

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. †Lithodinia Eisenack 1935
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†Lithodinia bulloidea Gocht 1976
†Lithodinia diaphanus Williams et al. 1993
†Lithodinia jurassica Eisenack 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Valanginian or 167.70000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) L. deflandrei (38401)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) L. reticulata, L. deflandrei (38479)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Russian Federation L. sp. (65458)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Argentina (Neuquén) L. sp. (150584)