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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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