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Lamptonium pennatum

Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Theocotylidae

Taxonomy
Lamptonium pennatum was named by Foreman (1973). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Lamptonium pennatum Foreman p. 436 figs. pl. 6, figs. 3-5
2003Lamptonium pennatum Sanfilippo et al. p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
superphylumRetariaCavalier-Smith 1999
phylumRadiozoa
superclassPolycystinia
classPolycystinea
RankNameAuthor
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyEucyrtidiaceaEhrenberg 1847
familyTheocotylidaePetrushevskaya 1981
genusLamptoniumHaeckel 1887
speciespennatumForeman 1973

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.

Lamptonium pennatum Foreman 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Ypresian or 66.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66North Atlantic Lamptonium pennatum (266060)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24North Atlantic Lamptonium pennatum (266059)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0North Atlantic Lamptonium pennatum (266055)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0North Atlantic Lamptonium pennatum (262936)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Cyprus Lamptonium pennatum (90895)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07North Atlantic Lamptonium pennatum (266053 266054)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07North Pacific Lamptonium pennatum (243859 243860 243861 243862 243863 243864)