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Hystrichosphaeridiaceae

Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Hystrichosphaeridiaceae

Taxonomy
Hystrichosphaeridiaceae was named by Evitt (1963). It is extant.

It was assigned to Gonyaulacales by Evitt (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Hystrichosphaeridiaceae Evitt

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Chromalveolata
Alveolata
Myzozoa
subphylumDinozoa
RankNameAuthor
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
orderGonyaulacales
familyHystrichosphaeridiaceae
familyHystrichosphaeridiaceae

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.

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G. †Conosphaeridium Cookson and Eisenack 1969
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Conosphaeridium striatoconum Cookson and Eisenack 1969
G. Hystrichostrogylon Agelopoulos 1964
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Early/Lower Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.3 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Late/Upper Turonian105.3 - 89.3Antarctica Conosphaeridium striatoconum (150206)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.5 - 85.8Antarctica Conosphaeridium striatoconus (169324 169325 169326)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Antarctica Conosphaeridium striatoconum (150208)
Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.8 - 83.5Antarctica Conosphaeridium striatoconus (169332 169334 169335 169337 169338 169339 169340 169341 169342 169343 169344 169346 169348 169349 169351)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Antarctica Conosphaeridium striatoconus (150509)