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Hystrichosphaeridium scaffoldii

Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Goniodomaceae

Taxonomy
Hystrichosphaeridium scaffoldii was named by Baksi (1962). It is not extant. Its type locality is Simsang River section, southern Shillong Plateau, which is in an Eocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Tura Formation of India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Hystrichosphaeridium scaffoldii Baksi
1976Hystrichosphaeridium scaffoldii Lakhanpal et al.

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Chromalveolata
Alveolata
Myzozoa
subphylumDinozoa
RankNameAuthor
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
orderGonyaulacales
familyGoniodomaceaeLindemann 1928
genusHystrichosphaeridiumDeflandre 1936
speciesscaffoldiiBaksi 1962

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07India (Meghalaya) Hystrichosphaeridium scaffoldii (type locality: 224890)