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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) and Sharma and Takahashi (2007).
It was assigned to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Litheliidae by De Wever et al. (2001) and 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 Middle Pleistocene or 254.17000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 252.17 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 252.17 Ma
Collections (59 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) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Japan | L. minor (236002) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Japan | L. nautiloides (233711) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | L. nautiloides (233713) |