Lychnocanium Ehrenberg 1847 (radiolarian)

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Eucyrtiidae

Parent taxon: Theoperidae according to P. De Wever et al. 2001

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Eusyringium, Sethochytris, Rhopalocanium, Lithochytris, Dictyopodium, Cyrtopera, Rhopalatractus, Udan, Theophaena, Ectonocorys, Valkyria, Pterosyringium, Anthocyrtis, Tetracapsa, Lithostrobus, Theopodium, Gondwanaria, Theocorys, Dictyophimus, Theopera

Subtaxa: Lychnocanium (Lychnocanella) Lychnocanium depressum Lychnocanium falciferum Lychnocanium lucerna

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Type: Lychnocanium falciferum

Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections)

• Miocene of Ecuador (1)

• Eocene of Cyprus (6)

• Paleocene of Cyprus (1)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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