Clathroctenocystis is an extinct monotypic genus of dinoflagellates in the family Microdiniaceae. The type species, C. elegans, is from the Lower Cretaceous of Nelchina Limestone and Staniukovich formations of Southern Alaska, USA.
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| Genus: | Clathroctenocystis V. D. Wiggins, 1972[1]
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Clathroctenocystis elegans Wiggins, 1972 (type) | |
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- ^ 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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