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Diphyes

Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae

Taxonomy
Diphyes was named by Cookson (1965). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Gonyaulacaceae by Cookson (1965).

Species
D. cretaceum
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. colligerum, D. colligerum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Diphyes Cookson

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Chromalveolata
—Alveolata
—Myzozoa
subphylumDinozoa
RankNameAuthor
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
orderGonyaulacales
familyGonyaulacaceae
genusDiphyesCookson 1965

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. †Diphyes Cookson 1965
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†Diphyes cretaceum Jingxian and Wanping 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9USA (Alaska) D. colligerum (189955)