Clathroctenocystis

Clathroctenocystis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): SAR
(unranked): Alveolata
Phylum: Dinoflagellata
Class: Dinophyceae
Order: Gonyaulacales
Family: Microdiniaceae
Genus: Clathroctenocystis
V. D. Wiggins, 1972[1]
Species

Clathroctenocystis elegans Wiggins, 1972 (type)

Clathroctenocystis is an extinct monotypic genus of dinofagellates in the family Microdiniaceae. The type species, C. elegans, is from the Lower Cretaceous of Nelchina Limestone and Staniukovich formations of Southern Alaska, USA.

References

  1. Two new lower cretaceous dinoflagellate genera from southern Alaska (U.S.A.). Virgil D. Wiggins, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 14(3-4), pages 297-308, December 1972, doi:10.1016/0034-6667(72)90023-1
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