Difference between revisions of "Family Ceratiaceae"

Diagnosis:As for suborder Ceratiineae.

Ceratium F. von P. Schrank 1793.

Ceratium F. von P. Schrank 1793.


(=Amphiceratium Vanhöffen 1896; taxonomic junior synonym by general consensus)


(=Biceratium Vanhöffen 1896; taxonomic junior synonym by general consensus)


(=Ceratophorus Diesing 1850; taxonomic junior synonym by general consensus)


(=Dimastigoaulax Diesing 1866; taxonomic junior synonym by general consensus)


(=Hirundinella Bory de Saint-Vincent 1826; taxonomic junior synonym by general consensus)


(=Poroceratium Vanhöffen 1896; taxonomic junior synonym by general consensus)


(=Tripos Bory de Saint-Vincent 1823; taxonomic junior synonym by general consensus)

Aptea Eisenack 1958a; Early Cretaceous.


(=Doidyx Sarjeant 1966c; taxonomic junior synonym according to Sarjeant and Stover, 1978, p.51)



?Australisphaera Davey 1978; Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian).
Balmula Bint 1986; Cretaceous (Albian).
Endoceratium Vozzhennikova 1965; Cretaceous (Albian).
Muderongia Cookson and Eisenack 1958; Cretaceous (Aptian).


(=Pseudomuderongia Jain and Khowaja-Ateequzzaman 1984; taxonomic junior synonym according to Helby, 1987, p.297)



Nyktericysta Bint 1986; Cretaceous (Albian).
Odontochitina Deflandre 1935; Cretaceous (Senonian).
Odontochitinopsis Eisenack 1961; Cretaceous (Senonian).
Phoberocysta Millioud 1969; Cretaceous (Hauterivian).
Pseudoceratium Gocht 1957; Cretaceous (Valanginian-Hauterivian).


[Eopseudoceratium ( Neale and Sarjeant 1962) Lentin and Williams 1973; taxonomic junior synonym according to Stover and Evitt, 1978, p.77]



Vesperopsis Bint 1986; Cretaceous (Albian).
Xenascus Cookson and Eisenack 1969; Cretaceous (Senonian).

Palaeoceratium O. Wetzel 1948; name not validly published - no description.