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 Peridiniphycidae Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993)
         Order Gonyaulacales F.J.R. Taylor (1980)
           Suborder Gonyaulacineae Fensome, F.J.R. Taylor, G. Norris, Sarjeant, Wharton & G.L. Williams (1993)
             1 Family Gonyaulacaceae Er. Lindem. (1928)
             2 Family Ceratocoryaceae Er. Lindem. (1928) see Family Ceratocorythaceae Er. Lindem. (1928)
             3 Family †Areoligeraceae Evitt (1963)