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Lithelius

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Litheliidae

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).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Lithelius Haeckel
1892Lithelius difficilis Rüst
2001Lithelius De Wever et al. p. 164
2002Lithelius Sepkoski
2007Lithelius Sharma and Takahashi p. 822

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilySponguraceaHaeckel 1862
familyLitheliidaeHaeckel 1862
genusLitheliusHaeckel 1860

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
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 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

Collections (258 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) L. sinensis (95331 95332 95333 95334 95335 95336 95337 95338 95339)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2Russian Federation (Tambov) L. sp. (95159)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0New Zealand (Marlborough) L. minor (95843 95845 95884 95885 95886 95887 95888)
Danian66.0 - 61.66New 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)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24New Zealand (Marlborough) L. foremanae, L. hexaxyphophora, L. minor (95909) L. minor (95910)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24South Pacific L. minor (258869)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9South Pacific L. minor (258857 258861 258864)
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.04South Pacific L. minor (258856)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71South Pacific L. minor (254226 254228 254229 254231 254232 254234 254235 254236)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9South Pacific L. minor (254222)
M. lehneri PRZ42.3 - 40.5South Pacific L. minor (259849)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9South Pacific L. minor (254214 254219)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9South Pacific L. minor (247923 247925 247926 247927)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04South Pacific L. minor (254210 254211)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Pacific L. barbatus (258449 258450 258451 258452 258453 258454) L. barbatus, L. minor (266412 266413 266414) L. minor (266411 266565)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58North Pacific L. barbatus (258448)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Japan L. minor (236002)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Southern Ocean L. minor (258880 259939 259943)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Pacific L. minor (250574)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North 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)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Southern Ocean L. minor (247917 252136) L. nautiloides (247909 247910 253171 253172)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774North Pacific L. minor (261439 261440)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Southern Ocean L. minor (249975) L. nautiloides (247616 249972) L. nautiloides, L. minor (247617 249973) L. nautiloides, L. sp. A (252110)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North 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)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Pacific L. minor (256854)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indian Ocean L. minor (250874)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0North Pacific L. minor (268099)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0North 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 Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129North Pacific L. minor (261430 261432 261433 261434 261435 261436 261437 261438)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan L. nautiloides (233711)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan L. nautiloides (233713)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Southern Ocean L. nautiloides (249970) L. nautiloides, L. sp. A (250721)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Pacific L. minor (242466 242467 242468 242469 242470 242471 261229 266529 266530 266531 267589 267590 267591 267593 268092 268093 268096 268097)