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Barssidinium

Dinophyceae - Peridiniales

Taxonomy
Barssidinium was named by Lentin et al. (1994). It was considered monophyletic by Lentin et al. (1994).

It was assigned to Peridiniales by Lentin et al. (1994).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Barssidinium Lentin et al. pp. 575, 577 figs. 2, 5

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
Chromalveolata
Alveolata
Myzozoa
RankNameAuthor
subphylumDinozoa
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
orderPeridiniales
genusBarssidinium

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. †Barssidinium Lentin et al. 1994
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. K. Lentin et al. 1994Acavate to narrowly circumcavate, dorsoventrally compressed peridinialean cysts with the single or outer wall layer being laevigate to granulate. Processes typically tend to show a strong marginate concentration, but occasionally have a more uniform distribution. Processes generally hollow, tubiform to tapering, sometimes with striae and annular thickenings (or septa) along their length; they are distally open or closed and furcate. The archeopyle usually involves the middorsal intercalary alone, which is large hexa isodeltaform, posteriorly extending almost to the equator of the cyst.
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Belgium (Campine Area) B. pliocenicum (122028)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Netherlands (Noord-Brabant) B. pliocenium, B. graminosum (59003)