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Dinophyceae
| Source Data |
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| Rank | class (PBDB) | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Dinophyceae | ||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 636 | ||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (0.47%) | ||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 541 - 513 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. Araujo Carvalho. 2001. Paleoenvironmental reconstruction based on palynological and palynofacies analyses of the Aptian-Albian succession in the Sergipe Basin, northeastern Brazil. | ||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Gonyaulacales order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1,147 | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ptychodiscales ✝ order | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Ceratocoryaceae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Heterocapsaceae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Nannoceratopsiaceae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 13 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Palaeoperidinioideae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Pareodiniaceae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 26 | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Protoperidiniaceae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 17 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | |
| Aiora ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Apteodinium ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 16 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Baltisphaeridium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 65 | 541 Ma Cambrian | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
| Belodinium ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Broomea ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Danea ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Diconodinium ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 25 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Dictyopyxidia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Dictyopyxis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Diplotesta ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Downiesphaeridium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Evansia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Exochosphaeridium ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 11 | 136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Gymnodinium ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Komewuia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Oodnadattia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Palaeotetradinium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Pentafidia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Prolixosphaeridium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Spiniferites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 153 | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Stephanelytron ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Ternia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Valvaeodinium ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Wallodinium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Wetzeliella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene |
References
| Araujo Carvalho M. (2001) Paleoenvironmental reconstruction based on palynological and palynofacies analyses of the Aptian-Albian succession in the Sergipe Basin, northeastern Brazil |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
