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Tiksitheca licis

Scyphozoa - Anabaritida - Anabaritidae

Taxonomy
Tiksitheca licis was named by Rozanov et al. (1969). Its type specimen is GIN 3593/26, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is M423/13, Kotui River & Kugda River Mouth, 3 km south of Kotuikan River Mouth, which is in a Tommotian carbonate limestone in the Medvezhyn Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Tiksitheca.

It was recombined as Anabarites licis by Kouchinsky et al. (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Tiksitheca licis Rozanov et al. p. 137 figs. pl. 2 f. 10b; pl. 8 f. 6, 22
2009Anabarites licis Kouchinsky et al. pp. 253, 283 fig. 39E
2017Tiksitheca licis Kouchinsky et al. p. 423

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
classScyphozoaGoette 1887
RankNameAuthor
orderAnabaritida
familyAnabaritidae
genusTiksitheca
specieslicis

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.

Tiksitheca licis Rozanov et al. 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Locomotion: stationaryf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindf
Created: 2008-03-01 04:46:45
Modified: 2009-04-21 14:00:10
Source: g = genus, f = family
References: Porter 2007, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Meishucunian to the top of the Tommotian or 530.70000 to 521.00000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Manykaian538.8 - 529.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Tiksitheca licis (50415 50416)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Russian Federation (Khabarovsk) Tiksitheca licis (99465)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Iran Tiksitheca licis (10527 10528 10529)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Mongolia (Khasagt-Khairkhan) Tiksitheca licis (9942)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Russian Federation (Khabarovsk Krai) Tiksitheca licis (50367 50418)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Tiksitheca licis (99472)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Tiksitheca licis (50340 50366 50419 50427)
Nemakit-Daldynian - Tommotian538.8 - 521.0Russian Federation (Sakha) Tiksitheca licis (99229)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Shaanxi) Tiksitheca licis (107775)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Hubei) Tiksitheca licis (107634 107636)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Tiksitheca licis (99484)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Tiksitheca licis (90088 96226 96248 96395 96398)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Tiksitheca licis (50368)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) Tiksitheca licis (45847 45849)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) Tiksitheca licis (96392 96396 type locality: 96397 232905 232906)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Kazakhstan Tiksitheca licis (99297 99305 99321 99330 99359)