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Larcopyle

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pyloniidae

Taxonomy
Larcopyle was named by Dreyer (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pylodiscinae by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Larcopyle Dreyer
2001Larcopyle De Wever et al. p. 153
2002Larcopyle Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyPyloniidaeHaeckel 1881
subfamilyPylodiscinaeHaeckel 1887
genusLarcopyleDreyer 1889

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.

G. Larcopyle Dreyer 1889
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Larcopyle cervicornis Haeckel 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicap
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: omnivorep
Created: 2005-01-28 01:13:47
Modified: 2005-01-28 03:13:47
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Japan L. polyacantha, L. weddellium, L. sp. (236002)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan L. weddelium, L. buetschlii, L. cervicornis (233640 233708 233709 233710 233711 233712)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan L. weddelium, L. buetschlii, L. cervicornis (233713)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan L. weddelium, L. buetschlii, L. cervicornis (233714)