Dinophyceae - Gonyaulacales - Gonyaulacaceae
Phylum: Dinophyta Class: Dinophyceae Genus: Operculodinium
Full reference: D. Wall. 1967. Fossil microplankton in deep-sea cores from the Caribbean. Palaeontology 10(1):95-123
Parent taxon: Gonyaulacaceae according to D. Wall 1967
Sister taxa: Achilleodinium, Achomosphaera, Amiculosphaera, Amphorosphaeridium, Araneosphaera, Areosphaeridium, Ataxiodinium, Atlantodinium, Avellodinium, Bitectatodinium, Cannosphaeropsis, Carduifolia, Cassiculosphaeridia, Chytroeisphaeridia, Cometodinium, Conneximura, Cordosphaeridium, Coronifera, Corradinisphaeridium, Corrudinium, Cousteaudinium, Cribroperidinium, Ctenidodinium, Cyclapophysis, Dalella, Damassadinium, Diphyes, Discorsia, Dissiliodinium, Eatonicysta, Endoscrinium, Epitricysta, Escharisphaeridia, Evittosphaerula, Exiguisphaera, Fibradinium, Fibrocysta, Florentinia, Galeacysta, Gelatia, Gonyaulacoideae, Gonyaulacysta, Gonyaulax, Habibacysta, Hafniasphaera, Hapsocysta, Hemiplacophora, Heterosphaeridium, Hystrichodinium, Hystrichokolpoma, Hystrichosphaerina, Impagidinium, Kaiwaradinium, Kallosphaeridium, Kenleyia, Kiokansium, Kleithriasphaeridium, Lanternosphaeridium, Leptodinioideae, Leptodinium, Liesbergia, Lingulodinium, Litosphaeridium, Meiourogonyaulax, Melitasphaeridium, Nematosphaeropsis, Nexosispinum, Ochetodinium, Oligosphaeridium, Perisseiasphaeridium, Pervosphaeridium, Protoellipsodinium, Psaligonyaulax, Pterodinium, Pyxidinopsis, Rhynchodiniopsis, Rigaudella, Saturnodinium, Scriniodinium, Sentusidinium, Sirmiodiniopsis, Sirmiodinium, Stephodinium, Stiphrosphaeridium, Surculosphaeridium, Systematophora, Tehamadinium, Thalassiphora, Tubotuberella, Unipontidinium, Wanaea, Wilsonisphaera, Yalkalpodinium
Subtaxa: Operculodinium baculatum Operculodinium centrocarpum Operculodinium flucturum Operculodinium radiculatum
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Quebec collection), Italy (3)
• Pliocene of the Netherlands (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (4), Australia (5), Azerbaijan (3), Panama (2), United States (1: Maryland)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (6)
• Oligocene of Argentina (5), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Ukraine (1), United States (3: Alaska, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (23), Argentina (7)
Total: 68 collections including 78 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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