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Diconodinium

Dinophyceae

Discussion

Phylum: Dinophyta Class: Dinophyceae Order: Peridiniales Family: Peridiniaceae Genus: Diconodinium

Taxonomy
Diconodinium was named by Eisenack and Cookson (1960). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dinophyceae by Eisenack and Cookson (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Diconodinium Eisenack and Cookson

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RankNameAuthor
phylumMyzozoa
subphylumDinozoa
superclassDinoflagellata
RankNameAuthor
classDinophyceae
genusDiconodiniumEisenack and Cookson 1960

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. †Diconodinium Eisenack and Cookson 1960
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†Diconodinium acutum Jain and Millepied 1971
†Diconodinium arcticum Manum and Cookson 1964
†Diconodinium cristatum Cookson and Eisenack 1974
†Diconodinium davidii Morgan 1975
†Diconodinium lurense Guerstein 2005
†Diconodinium multispinum Eisenack and Cookson 1960
†Diconodinium pelliferum Eisenack and Cookson 1960
†Diconodinium psilatum Morgan 1977
†Diconodinium pusillum Singh 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 125.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Antarctica D. psilatum, D. cristatum, D. pusillum (150205)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Antarctica D. spp. (150202)
Albian - Cenomanian113.0 - 93.9Antarctica D. cristatum, D. pusillum (153423) D. pelliferum (153421 153422)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Antarctica D. pelliferum, D. pusillum, D. paucigranulatum (153430)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Antarctica D. cristatum (63942)
Late/Upper Albian - Late/Upper Turonian105.3 - 89.3Antarctica D. psilatum, D. cristatum, D. pelliferum (150206)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Antarctica D. pusillum (153428)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Antarctica D. pusillum (150509)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica D. cristatum (153427) D. spp. (150960 150961 150970 150974)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Antarctica D. spp., D. psilatum (150182)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) D. sp. (232641)