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 Peridiniales Haeckel (1894)
           Suborder Peridiniineae Poche (1913) see Order Peridiniales Haeckel (1894)
             Family Peridiniaceae Ehrenb. (1831)
               Subfamily Peridinioideae Bergh (1881)
                 Genus Palatinus Craveiro, Calado, Daugbjerg & Moestrup (2009)