Family Ceratiaceae

Family Ceratiaceae

Citation: Ceratiaceae Willey and Hickson 1909. Diagnosis:As for suborder Ceratiineae. Type genus: Ceratium F. von P. Schrank 1793. Extant genus: 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) Fossil genera: 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). Other name: Palaeoceratium O. Wetzel 1948; name not validly published - no description.

Suborder Ceratiineae