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Cyclonephelium distinctum

Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Areoligeraceae

Taxonomy
Cyclonephelium distinctum was named by Deflandre and Cookson (1955). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Cyclonephelium distinctum Deflandre and Cookson
1976Cyclonephelium distinctum Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Chromalveolata
Alveolata
Myzozoa
subphylumDinozoa
RankNameAuthor
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
orderGonyaulacales
familyAreoligeraceaeEvitt 1963
genusCyclonepheliumDeflandre and Cookson 1955
speciesdistinctumDeflandre and Cookson 1955

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.

Cyclonephelium distinctum Deflandre and Cookson 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 132.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5India (Tamil Nadu) Cyclonephelium distinctum (224609)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4United Kingdom (England) Cyclonephelium distinctum (32361)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica Cyclonephelium distinctum (153427)