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Areoligera

Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Areoligeraceae

Taxonomy
Areoligera was named by Lejeune-Carpentier (1938). It is not extant. Its type is Areoligera senonensis. It is the type genus of Areoligeraceae.

It was assigned to Dinophyceae by Andrews (1970); and to Areoligeraceae by Lejeune-Carpentier (1938), Guler et al. (2014).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Areoligera Lejeune-Carpentier
1970Areoligera Andrews
2014Areoligera Guler et al.

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Chromalveolata
Alveolata
Myzozoa
subphylumDinozoa
RankNameAuthor
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
orderGonyaulacales
familyAreoligeraceaeEvitt 1963
genusAreoligeraLejeune-Carpentier 1938

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. †Areoligera Lejeune-Carpentier 1938
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Areoligera coronata Lejeune-Carpentier 1938
Areoligera senonensis Lejeune-Carpentier 1938
Areoligera volata Drugg 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Rupelian or 72.20000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) A. spp. (241337 241338) A. spp., A. coronata, A. medusettiformis (241339)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Alaska) A. sp. (237804)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Ukraine A. undulata (234819)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) A. semicirculata, A. sp. (68021)