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.