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Gonyaulacaceae

Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae

Taxonomy
Gonyaulacaceae was named by Lindemann (1928). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dinophyceae by Lindemann (1928); and to Gonyaulacales by Taylor (1980) and Guler et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Gonyaulacaceae Lindemann
1980Gonyaulacaceae Taylor
2005Gonyaulacaceae Guler et al. p. 425

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RankNameAuthor
phylumMyzozoa
subphylumDinozoa
superclassDinoflagellata
classDinophyceae
RankNameAuthor
orderGonyaulacales
familyGonyaulacaceae
familyGonyaulacaceae

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.

Fm. †Gonyaulacaceae Lindemann 1928
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G. †Achilleodinium Eaton 1976
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Achilleodinium bianii Hultberg 1985
G. †Achomosphaera Evitt 1963
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Achomosphaera cambra Sah et al. 1970
Achomosphaera convexa Sah et al. 1970
Achomosphaera delicata Sah et al. 1970
Achomosphaera globulata Sah et al. 1970
Achomosphaera operculata Sah et al. 1970
Achomosphaera ramulifera Deflandre 1937
Achomosphaera robusta Sah et al. 1970
Achomosphaera sagena Davey and Williams 1966
Achomosphaera triangulata Davey and Williams 1969
Achomosphaera valianta Sah et al. 1970
Achomosphaera verdieri Below 1982
G. †Amiculosphaera Harland 1979
G. †Amphorosphaeridium Davey 1969
G. †Araneosphaera Eaton 1976
G. Areosphaeridium Eaton 1971
G. †Ataxiodinium Reid 1974
G. †Atlantodinium Zotto et al. 1987
G. †Avellodinium Blackhouse 1988
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Avellodinium lepidum Blackhouse 1988
G. Bitectatodinium Wilson 1973
G. †Cannosphaeropsis Wetzel 1933
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Cannosphaeropsis aemula Deflandre 1947
Cannosphaeropsis aemula integra Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Cannosphaeropsis apiculata Cookson and Eisenack 1960
Cannosphaeropsis fenestrata Deflandre and Cookson 1955
Cannosphaeropsis filamentosa Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Cannosphaeropsis mirabilis Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Cannosphaeropsis utinensis filifera Cookson and Eisenack 1958
G. †Carduifolia Hovasse 1932
G. †Cassiculosphaeridia Davey 1969
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Cassiculosphaeridia delicata Stover and Helby 1987
G. †Chytroeisphaeridia Downie et al. 1963
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G. †Cometodinium Deflandre and Courteville 1940
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Cometodinium comatum Srivastava 1984
Cometodinium obscurum Deflandre and Courteville 1939
Cometodinium whitei Deflandre and Courteville 1939
G. †Conneximura May 1980
G. †Cordosphaeridium Eisenack 1963
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Cordosphaeridium fibrospinosum Davey and Williams 1966
Cordosphaeridium inodes Sarjeant 1981
G. †Coronifera Cookson and Eisenack 1958
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Coronifera albertii Millioud 1969
Coronifera kirae Prössl 1992
Coronifera oceanica Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Coronifera striolata Stover and Evitt 1978
Coronifera tubulosa Cookson and Eisenak 1974
G. †Corradinisphaeridium Masure 1986
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G. Corrudinium Stover and Evitt 1978
G. †Cousteaudinium De Verteuil and Norris 1996
G. †Cribroperidinium Neale and Sarjeant 1962
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Cribroperidinium edwarsii Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Cribroperidinium graemei Williams et al. 1998
Cribroperidinium muderongense Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Cribroperidinium reticulatum Quattrocchio and Volkheimer 1985
Cribroperidinium sepimentum Neale and Sarjeant 1962
G. †Ctenidodinium Deflandre 1939
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Ctenidodinium elegantulum Millioud 1969
Ctenidodinium ornatum Deflandre 1938
Ctenidodinium tenellum Deflandre 1938
G. †Cyclapophysis Benson 1976
G. †Dalella McMinn and Sun 1994
G. †Damassadinium Fensome et al. 1993
G. †Diphyes Cookson 1965
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Diphyes cretaceum Jingxian and Wanping 1980
G. †Discorsia Duxbury 1977
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Discorsia nannus Duxbury 1977
G. †Dissiliodinium Drugg 1978
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Dissiliodinium caddaense Stover and Helby 1987
Dissiliodinium curiosum Burger and Sarjeant 1995
Dissiliodinium giganteum Feist-Burkhardt 1990
G. Eatonicysta Stover and Evitt 1978
G. †Endoscrinium Klement 1960
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Endoscrinium campanula Gocht 1959
Endoscrinium galeritum Deflandre 1938
Endoscrinium luridum Gocht 1970
Endoscrinium prolatum Lentin and Williams 1989
G. †Epitricysta Stover and Helby 1987
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Epitricysta vinckensis Stover and Helby 1987
G. †Escharisphaeridia Erkmen and Sarjeant 1980
G. †Evittosphaerula Manum 1979
G. †Exiguisphaera Duxbury 1979
G. †Fibradinium Morgenroth 1968
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Fibradinium annetorpense Morgenroth 1968
Fibradinium variculum Stover and Helby 1987
G. †Fibrocysta Stover and Evitt 1978
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Fibrocysta axialis Eisenack 1965
Fibrocysta bipolaris Stover and Evitt 1978
Fibrocysta radiata Stover and Evitt 1978
G. †Florentinia Davey and Verdier 1973
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Florentinia berran Below 1982
Florentinia clavigera Davey and Verdier 1973
Florentinia cooksoniae Singh 1971
Florentinia deanei Davey and Williams 1966
Florentinia ferox Duxbury 1980
Florentinia laciniata Davey and Verdier 1973
Florentinia mantellii Davey and Verdier 1973
Florentinia radiculata Davey and Verdier 1973
Florentinia resex Davey and Verdier 1976
G. †Galeacysta Corradini and Biffi 1988
G. †Gelatia Bujak 1984
G. †Gonyaulacysta Deflandre 1964
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Gonyaulacysta cassidata Eisenack and Cookson 1960
Gonyaulacysta dualis Stover and Evitt 1978
Gonyaulacysta fastigiata Duxbury 1977
Gonyaulacysta helicoidea Eisenack and Cookson 1960
Gonyaulacysta jurassica Deflandre 1964
Gonyaulacysta nuciformis Deflandre 1939
Gonyaulacysta palla Sarjeant 1966
G. †Gonyaulax Diesing 1866
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Gonyaulax ambigua Deflandre 1941
Gonyaulax apionis Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Gonyaulax bulloidea Cookson and Eisenack 1960
Gonyaulax clathrata Cookson and Eisenack 1960
Gonyaulax diaphanis Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Gonyaulax edwardsi Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Gonyaulax eisenacki Deflandre 1938
Gonyaulax eisenacki oligodentata Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Gonyaulax eumorpha Cookson and Eisenack 1960
Gonyaulax hyalodermopsis Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Gonyaulax jurassica Deflandre 1938
Gonyaulax muderongensis Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Gonyaulax perforans Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Gonyaulax scotti Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Gonyaulax serrata Cookson and Eisenack 1958
G. †Habibacysta Head et al. 1989
G. †Hafniasphaera Hansen 1977
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Hafniasphaera australis Guler et al. 2005
Hafniasphaera delicata Fensome 2009
Hafniasphaera fluens Hansen 1977
G. †Hapsocysta Davey 1979
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Hapsocysta peridictya Eisenack and Cookson 1960
G. Hemiplacophora Cookson and Eisenack 1965
G. †Heterosphaeridium Cookson and Eisenack 1969
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Heterosphaeridium conjunctum Cookson and Eisenack 1968
Heterosphaeridium dificile Ioannides 1986
Heterosphaeridium heteracanthum Eisennack and Kjellström 1972
G. †Hystrichodinium Deflandre 1935
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Hystrichodinium amphiacanthum Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Hystrichodinium compactum Alberti 1961
Hystrichodinium oligacanthum Deflandre and Cookson 1955
Hystrichodinium pulchrum Deflandre 1935
Hystrichodinium pulchrum densispinum Lentin and Williams 1973
Hystrichodinium ramoides Alberti 1961
G. †Hystrichokolpoma Klumpp 1953
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Hystrichokolpoma bulbosum Morgenroth 1968
Hystrichokolpoma cinctum Klumpp 1953
Hystrichokolpoma proprium Foucher 2004
Hystrichokolpoma rigaudiae Deflandre and Cookson 1955
G. †Hystrichosphaerina Alberti 1961
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G. †Impagidinium Stover and Evitt 1978
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Impagidinium celineae Jan du Chene 1988
Impagidinium cristatum Lentin and Williams 1981
G. †Kaiwaradinium Wilson 1978
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Kaiwaradinium scrutillinum Blackhouse 1987
G. †Kallosphaeridium De Coninck 1969
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Kallosphaeridium yorubaense Jan du Chene and Adediran 1985
G. †Kenleyia Cookson and Eisenak 1965
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Kenleyia lophophora Cookson and Eisenak 1965
Kenleyia pachycerata Cookson and Eisenak 1965
G. †Kiokansium Below 1982
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Kiokansium polypes Below 1982
Kiokansium unituberculatum Stover and Evitt 1978
G. †Kleithriasphaeridium Davey 1974
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Kleithriasphaeridium tubulosum Stover and Evitt 1978
G. †Lanternosphaeridium Morgenroth 1966
Subfm. †Leptodinioideae Fensome et al. 1993
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G. †Amphorula Dodekova 1969
G. †Carpodinium Cookson and Eisenack 1962
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Carpodinium granulatum Cookson and Eisenack 1962
G. †Cernicysta Stover and Helby 1987
G. †Cymososphaeridium Davey 1982
G. †Egmontodinium Gitmez and Sarjeant 1972
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Egmontodinium polyplacophorum Gitmez and Sarjeant 1973
Egmontodinium toryna Davey 1979
Egmontodinium torynum Davey 1979
G. †Lanterna Dodekova 1969
G. †Occisucysta Gitmez 1970
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Occisucysta tentoria Jan du Chene 1986
G. †Omatia Cookson and Eisenack 1958
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Omatia montgomeryi Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Omatia pisciformis Cookson and Eisenack 1958
G. †Spiniferella Stover and Hardenbol 1994
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Spiniferella cornuta Gerlach 1961
G. †Leptodinium Klement 1960
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Leptodinium ambiguum Helenes 1984
Leptodinium asymmetricum Morgan 1980
Leptodinium cancellatum Brideaux and McIntyre 1975
Leptodinium eumorphum Sarjeant 1969
Leptodinium flammeolum Morgan 1980
Leptodinium mirabile Klement 1960
Leptodinium ovum Sah et al. 1970
Leptodinium simplex Burger 1980
Leptodinium subtile Klement 1960
G. †Liesbergia Berger 1986
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Liesbergia abdounensis Soncini 1992
G. †Lingulodinium Wall 1967
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Lingulodinium hemicystum McMinn 1991
G. Litosphaeridium Davey and Williams 1966
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Litosphaeridium conispinum Davey and Verdier 1973
Litosphaeridium siphoniphorum Davey and Williams 1966
G. †Meiourogonyaulax Sarjeant 1966
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G. Melitasphaeridium Harland et al. 1979
G. Nematosphaeropsis Deflandre and Cookson 1955
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Nematosphaeropsis balcombiana Deflandre and Cookson 1955
Nematosphaeropsis densiradiata Stover and Evitt 1978
G. †Nexosispinum Davey 1979
G. Ochetodinium Damassa 1979
G. †Oligosphaeridium Davey and Williams 1966
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Oligosphaeridium albertense Davey and Williams 1969
Oligosphaeridium anthophorum Cookson and Eisenak 1958
Oligosphaeridium asterigerum Davey and Williams 1969
Oligosphaeridium cephalum Sah et al. 1970
Oligosphaeridium complex Davey and Williams 1966
Oligosphaeridium dictyophorum Cookson and Eisenak 1958
Oligosphaeridium dividuum Williams 1978
Oligosphaeridium porosum Lentin and Williams 1981
Oligosphaeridium pulcherrimum Davey and Williams 1966
Oligosphaeridium pulcherrimun Davey and Williams 1966
Oligosphaeridium totum Brideaux 1971
G. Operculodinium Wall 1967
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Operculodinium baculatum Yu Jingxian and Zhang Wangping 1980
G. †Perisseiasphaeridium Davey and Williams 1966
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Perisseiasphaeridium inusitatum Stevens and Helby 1987
Perisseiasphaeridium pannosum Davey and Williams 1966
G. †Pervosphaeridium Yun and Hyesu 1981
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G. †Protoellipsodinium Davey and Verdier 1971
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G. †Psaligonyaulax Sarjeant 1966
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Psaligonyaulax apatela Cookson and Eisenak 1960
Psaligonyaulax deflandrei Sarjeant 1966
G. †Pterodinium Eisenack 1958
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Pterodinium aliferum Eisenack 1958
Pterodinium cingulatum Below 1981
Pterodinium cornutum Cookson and Eisenack 1962
Pterodinium cretaceum Slimani 2008
G. Pyxidinopsis Habib 1976
G. †Rhynchodiniopsis Deflandre 1935
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Rhynchodiniopsis aptiana Deflandre 1935
Rhynchodiniopsis serrata Du Chene et al. 1985
G. †Rigaudella Below 1982
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Rigaudella aemula Below 1982
G. †Saturnodinium Brinkhuis et al. 1992
G. †Scriniodinium Klement 1957
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Scriniodinium apatelum Cookson and Eisenack 1960
Scriniodinium attadalense Eisenack 1967
Scriniodinium ceratophorum Cookson and Eisenack 1960
Scriniodinium dictyotum Cookson and Eisenack 1960
Scriniodinium kempiae Stover and Helby 1987
Scriniodinium luridum Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Scriniodinium playfordi Cookson and Eisenack 1960
G. †Sentusidinium Sarjeant and Stover 1978
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Sentusidinium aptiense Burger 1980
Sentusidinium pilosum Ehrenberg 1854
G. †Sirmiodiniopsis Drugg 1978
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Sirmiodiniopsis frisia Lentin and Williams 1981
G. †Sirmiodinium Alberti 1961
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Sirmiodinium grossii Alberti 1961
G. †Stephodinium Deflandre 1936
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Stephodinium coronatum Deflandre 1936
G. †Stiphrosphaeridium Davey 1982
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Stiphrosphaeridium anthophorum Lentin and Williams 1985
G. †Surculosphaeridium Davey 1966
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G. †Systematophora Klement 1960
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Systematophora areolata Klement 1960
Systematophora complicata Neale and Sarjeant 1962
Systematophora palmula Davey 1982
Systematophora penicillata Sarjeant 1980
Systematophora silyba Davey 1979
Systematophora valensii Sarjeant 1961
G. †Tehamadinium Jan du Chene et al. 1986
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Tehamadinium sousensis Jan du Chene 1986
G. †Thalassiphora Eisenack and Gocht 1960
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Thalassiphora pelagica Eisenack 1954
G. †Tubotuberella Vozzhennikova 1967
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Tubotuberella apatela Ioannides et al. 1977
Tubotuberella missilis Stover and Helby 1987
Tubotuberella vlamingii Blackhouse 1987
G. †Unipontidinium Wrenn 1988
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Unipontidinium grande Wrenn 1988
G. †Wanaea Cookson and Eisenack 1958
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Wanaea acollaris Dodekova 1975
Wanaea clathrata Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Wanaea digitata Cookson and Eisenack 1958
Wanaea spectabilis Cookson and Eisenack 1958
G. †Wilsonisphaera Slimani 1994
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Wilsonisphaera petila Corradini 1973
G. †Yalkalpodinium Morgan 1980
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Yalkalpodinium scutum Morgan 1980
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 Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 170.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 168.4 Ma

Collections (356 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4United Kingdom (England) Dissiliodinium sp. (38382)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Russian Federation (Karachay-Cherkessia) Ctenidodinium sellwoodii, Dissiliodinium sp., Tubotuberella spp. (198681) Ctenidodinium sellwoodii, Sentusidinium sp., Gonyaulacysta pectinigera, Chytroeisphaeridia chytroeides, Dissiliodinium sp., Ctenidodinium ornatum (198695) Meiourogonyaulax caytonensis, Ctenidodinium continuum, Sentusidinium sp., Dissiliodinium sp. (198680) Meiourogonyaulax caytonensis, Meiourogonyaulax valensii, Ctenidodinium sellwoodii, Dissiliodinium sp. (198646) Meiourogonyaulax caytonensis, Meiourogonyaulax valensii, Ctenidodinium sellwoodii, Sentusidinium sp., Endoscrinium luridum, Dissiliodinium sp. (198673) Meiourogonyaulax caytonensis, Meiourogonyaulax valensii, Ctenidodinium sellwoodii, Wanaea acollaris, Chytroeisphaeridia chytroeides, Dissiliodinium sp., Endoscrinium galeritum (198643) Meiourogonyaulax caytonensis, Meiourogonyaulax valensii, Meiourogonyaulax sp., Ctenidodinium sellwoodii, Ctenidodinium continuum, Endoscrinium luridum, Leptodinium sp., Dissiliodinium sp. (198639) Meiourogonyaulax caytonensis, Meiourogonyaulax valensii, Meiourogonyaulax sp., Sentusidinium sp., Leptodinium sp., Rhynchodiniopsis regalis, Chytroeisphaeridia chytroeides, Dissiliodinium sp. (198644) Meiourogonyaulax valensii, Ctenidodinium sellwoodii, Kallosphaeridium hypornatum, Dissiliodinium sp., Tubotuberella spp. (198645) Meiourogonyaulax valensii, Ctenidodinium sellwoodii, Rhynchodiniopsis regalis, Dissiliodinium sp., Tubotuberella spp. (198674)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) Sentusidinium spp. (38397)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) Sentusidinium spp., Scriniodinium spp., Gonyaulacysta dangeardii, Gonyaulacysta eisenackii, Gonyaulacysta jurassica, Scriniodinium luridum (38401)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Chytroeisphaeridia dictydia (38479)
Callovian - Kimmeridgian166.1 - 152.1China (Qinghai) Ctenidodinium arnatum, Wanaea digitata (61532) Systematophora areolata (68574)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France (Franche-Comté) Sentusidinium villersense, Sirmiodinium grossii, Surculosphaeridium vestitum, Gonyaulacysta jurassica, Chytroeisphaeridia chytroeides, Escharisphaeridia pocockii, Ctenidodinium tenellum, Gonyaulacysta dualis, Sirmiodiniopsis orbis, Tubotuberella apatella (142143)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian163.5 - 150.8Poland Systematophora varispinosa, Systematophora vestita, Sentusidinium sp., Gonyaulacysta jurassica, Systematophora areolata, Systematophora valensii, Leptodinium subtile (215248) Systematophora varispinosa, Systematophora vestita, Sentusidinium sp., Sentusidinium rioultii, Endoscrinium luridum, Gonyaulacysta jurassica, Systematophora areolata, Systematophora valensii, Leptodinium subtile (215249)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Greenland Gonyaulacysta jurassica (66539)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Greenland Gonyaulacysta scarburghensis, Gonyaulacysta jurassica (66538)
Middle Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Poland Systematophora varispinosa, Systematophora vestita, Sentusidinium sp., Systematophora areolata, Scriniodinium dictyotum, Systematophora valensii, Systematophora penicillata, Rhynchodiniopsis cladophora (215250)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1China (Xizang) Meiourogonyaulax rioultii, Meiourogonyaulax valensii, Ctenidodinium mosaicum (61451)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Greenland Sentusidinium myriatrichum, Leptodinium hyalodermopsis, Gonyaulacysta jurassica, Lanterna sarturnalis (66540)
Middle Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Greenland Sentusidinium myriatrichum, Leptodinium hyalodermopsis, Gonyaulacysta sp. (66541 66542)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Greenland Leptodinium hyalodermopsis (66550 66553) Sentusidinium myriatrichum (66546) Sentusidinium myriatrichum, Leptodinium hyalodermopsis (66544) Sentusidinium myriatrichum, Leptodinium hyalodermopsis, Gonyaulacysta helicoidea (66549)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Greenland Sentusidinium myriatrichum, Gonyaulacysta helicoidea (66554)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Russian Federation Cribroperidinium globatum, Sentusidinium sp., Scriniodinium glabrum, Sirmiodinium grossii, Occisucysta balios, Escharisphaeridia rudis, Tubotuberella apatela (65699) Cribroperidinium sp., Hystrichodinium pulchrum (65442) Cribroperidinium sp., Kleithriasphaeridium sp., Hystrichodinium pulchrum (65433) Cribroperidinium sp., Sentusidinium sp., Sirmiodinium grossii, Gonyaulacysta sp. (65439) Sentusidinium sp., Leptodinium hyalodermopse, Scriniodinium glabrum, Scriniodinium sp., Sirmiodinium grossii, Gonyaulacysta cretacea, Hystrichodinium pulchrum, Occisucysta balios, Occisucysta tensorium, Systematophora palmula, Escharisphaeridia rudis, Tubotuberella apatela (65700)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5India (Tamil Nadu) Oligosphaeridium complex, Gonyaulacysta sp. (224609)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Greenland Leptodinium hyalodermopsis, Gonyaulacysta helicoidea (66557) Oligosphaeridium complex (66558)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation Cribroperidinium spinoreticulatum, Oligosphaeridium poculum, Sentusidinium sp., Leptodinium hyalodermopse, Sirmiodinium grossii, Hystrichodinium pulchrum, Perisseiasphaeridium sp., Gonyaulacysta fastigiata, Avellodinium sp., Tubotuberella apatela (65748) Oligosphaeridium sp., Kiokansium sp., Sirmiodinium grossii, Gonyaulacysta sp., Hystrichodinium pulchrum (65443)