Phylum Dinoflagellata Engl. (1903)
see Superclass Dinoflagellata Bütschli, 1885
Subphylum Dinokaryota Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993)
Class Dinophyceae Pascher (1914)
Subclass Gymnodiniphycidae Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993)
1 Order Gymnodiniales Apstein (1909)
2 Order Ptychodiscales Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993) [monotypic]
3 Order Suessiales Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993)
see Order Dinococcales Pascher (1914)