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Lamprocyclas matakohe

Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Pterocorythidae

Taxonomy
Lamprocyclas matakohe was named by O'Conner (1994). Its type specimen is R116, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Q08/f555, Matakohe Quarry [Mahurangi Limestone], which is in an Oligocene marine limestone in the Mahurangi Limestone Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Lamprocyclas matakohe O'Conner p. 344 figs. pl. 2, figs. 9, 10, 14, 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
superphylumRetariaCavalier-Smith 1999
phylumRadiozoa
superclassPolycystinia
classPolycystinea
RankNameAuthor
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyAcanthodesmiaceaHertwig 1879
familyPterocorythidaeHaeckel 1881
genusLamprocyclasHaeckel 1881
speciesmatakohe

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.

†Lamprocyclas matakohe O'Conner 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Oligocene or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04New Zealand Lamprocyclas matakohe (type locality: 90858 90859 90860 90861)