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Coeloptychium (Myrmecioptychium)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Coeloptychidae

Taxonomy
Myrmecioptychium was named by Schrammen (1912) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sn]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Coeloptychium (Myrmecioptychium) by Finks et al. (2004).

It was assigned to Lychniscosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Coeloptychium by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Myrmecioptychium Schrammen
2002Myrmecioptychium Sepkoski
2004Coeloptychium (Myrmecioptychium) Finks et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLychniscosaSchrammen 1903
RankNameAuthor
familyCoeloptychidaeRoemer 1864
subfamilyCoeloptychinaeRoemer 1864
genusCoeloptychiumGoldfuss 1826
subgenusMyrmecioptychium()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. †Coeloptychium (Myrmecioptychium) Schrammen 1912
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-08 19:09:36
Modified: 2009-05-08 21:09:36
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Germany (Niedersachsen) Myrmecioptychium bodei (111530)