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.

Parent: Suborder Ceratiineae