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Lithelius
Taxonomy
Lithelius was named by Haeckel (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: K R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Litheliidae by De Wever et al. (2001), Sharma and Takahashi (2007).
It was assigned to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Litheliidae by De Wever et al. (2001), Sharma and Takahashi (2007).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1860 | Lithelius Haeckel |
| 1892 | Lithelius difficilis Rüst |
| 2001 | Lithelius De Wever et al. p. 164 |
| 2002 | Lithelius Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Lithelius Sharma and Takahashi p. 822 |
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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. Lithelius Haeckel 1860
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Lithelius nautiloides Popofsky 1908
†Lithelius sinensis Feng et al. 2006
Invalid names: Lithelius difficilis Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Holocene or 254.14000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 251.902 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 251.902 Ma
Collections (258 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Changhsingian | China (Guangxi) | L. sinensis (95331 95332 95333 95334 95335 95336 95337 95338 95339) | |
| Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | Russian Federation (Tambov) | L. sp. (95159) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | New Zealand (Marlborough) | L. minor (95843 95845 95884 95885 95886 95887 95888) | |
| Danian | New Zealand (Marlborough) | L. foremanae, L. hexaxyphophora, L. minor (95905) L. foremanae, L. marshalli, L. minor (95902) L. foremanae, L. minor (95891 95892 95894 95896 95903 95904 95906 95907) L. kaikouraensis, L. minor, L. sp. A (95875 95881) L. marshalli, L. minor (95872 95876 95893) L. minor (95851 95854 95856 95859 95860 95866 95867 95868 95869 95870 95874 95877 95879 95883 95895 95897 95900 95901) L. minor, L. sp. A (95858 95878 95880 95882) | |
| Selandian | New Zealand (Marlborough) | L. foremanae, L. hexaxyphophora, L. minor (95909) L. minor (95910) | |
| Selandian | South Pacific | L. minor (258869) | |
| Eocene | South Pacific | L. minor (258857 258861 258864) | |
| Eocene - Oligocene | South Pacific | L. minor (258856) | |
| Middle Eocene | South Pacific | L. minor (254226 254228 254229 254231 254232 254234 254235 254236) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | South Pacific | L. minor (254222) | |
| M. lehneri PRZ | South Pacific | L. minor (259849) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | South Pacific | L. minor (254214 254219) | |
| Priabonian | South Pacific | L. minor (247923 247925 247926 247927) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | South Pacific | L. minor (254210 254211) | |
| Miocene | North Pacific | L. barbatus (258449 258450 258451 258452 258453 258454) L. barbatus, L. minor (266412 266413 266414) L. minor (266411 266565) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | North Pacific | L. barbatus (258448) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Japan | L. minor (236002) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Southern Ocean | L. minor (258880 259939 259943) | |
| Pliocene | South Pacific | L. minor (250574) | |
| Pliocene | North Pacific | L. minor (266408 266555 266556 266557 266558 266559 266560 266561 266562 266563 266564 268114 268115 268117) L. nautiloides, L. sp. (262427) L. sp. (262426 262428 262429 262430 262431 262432 262433 262434 262435) | |
| Pliocene | Southern Ocean | L. minor (247917 252136) L. nautiloides (247909 247910 253171 253172) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | North Pacific | L. minor (261439 261440) | |
| Pleistocene | Southern Ocean | L. minor (249975) L. nautiloides (247616 249972) L. nautiloides, L. minor (247617 249973) L. nautiloides, L. sp. A (252110) | |
| Pleistocene | North Pacific | L. minor (242475 242476 242477 242479 266534 266535 266536 266537 266538 266541 266542 266543 266545 266546 266547 266548 266549 266552 266553 266554 267595 267598 267599 267600 267603 267605 267607 267608 268100 268102 268104 268105 268106 268107 268108 268109 268112) | |
| Pleistocene | South Pacific | L. minor (256854) | |
| Pleistocene | Indian Ocean | L. minor (250874) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | North Pacific | L. minor (268099) | |
| Quaternary | North Pacific | L. minor (260316 260318 260322 260659 260660 260661 260662 260663 260666 260667 260668 260669 260670 260677 260679 260681 260683 260684 260826 260828 260830 260832 260845 261417 261419 261420 261421 261422 261425 261426 261760 261765 261769 261891 261894 261895 261935 261936 261937 261940 261941 261943 262274 262276 262287 262288 262289 262291 265957 267660 267665 267669 267670 267671) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | North Pacific | L. minor (261430 261432 261433 261434 261435 261436 261437 261438) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Japan | L. nautiloides (233711) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | L. nautiloides (233713) | |
| Holocene | Southern Ocean | L. nautiloides (249970) L. nautiloides, L. sp. A (250721) | |
| Holocene | North Pacific | L. minor (242466 242467 242468 242469 242470 242471 261229 266529 266530 266531 267589 267590 267591 267593 268092 268093 268096 268097) |