Subfamily Wetzelielloideae

Subfamily Wetzelielloideae

Citation: Wetzelielloideae ( Vozzhennikova, 1961) Bujak and Davies, 1983. Diagnosis:Peridiniaceans in which the middorsal anterior intercalary plate is quadra (i.e. four-sided). Type genus: Wetzeliella Eisenack, 1938b; fossil - Late Eocene-Early Oligocene. Fossil genera: Apectodinium ( Costa and Downie, 1976) Lentin and Williams, 1977b; Early Eocene. Charlesdowniea Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1989; Early Eocene. Dracodinium Gocht, 1955; Eocene-Oligocene. Kisselevia Vozzhennikova, 1963 ex Vozzhennikova, 1967; Eocene. (=Kisseljovia Vozzhennikova, 1961; name not validly published; nomenclatural junior synonym, having same type) (=Kisselovia Vozzhennikova, 1963; name not validly published; nomenclatural junior synonym, having same type) Rhombodinium Gocht, 1955; Mid Oligocene. Wetzeliella Eisenack, 1938b; Late Eocene-Early Oligocene. (=Gochtodinium Bujak, 1979; taxonomic junior synonym according to Lentin and Vozzhennikova, 1989, p.228) Wilsonidium Lentin and Williams, 1976; Late Eocene.

Parent: Family Peridiniaceae part 1