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Coeloptychium

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Coeloptychidae

Taxonomy
Coeloptychium was named by Goldfuss (1826) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi K Camp-u Sepkoski's reference number: 622,1066]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Coeloptychinae, Coeloptychidae.

It was assigned to Lychniscosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Coeloptychinae by Finks et al. (2004).

Species
C. (Coeloptychium), C. (Lophoptychium), C. (Myrmecioptychium), C. deciminum, C. incisum, C. princeps, C. rude, C. seebachi, C. subagaricoides, C. sulciferum
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. argaricoides, C. belfastiense, C. furcatum
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by W. Kiessling on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Coeloptychium Goldfuss
2002Coeloptychium Sepkoski
2004Coeloptychium Finks et al. p. 526

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLychniscosaSchrammen 1903
RankNameAuthor
familyCoeloptychidaeRoemer 1864
subfamilyCoeloptychinaeRoemer 1864
genusCoeloptychiumGoldfuss 1826

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. †Coeloptychium Goldfuss 1826
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Subg. †Coeloptychium (Lophoptychium) Pomel 1872
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Subg. †Coeloptychium (Myrmecioptychium) Schrammen 1912
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†Coeloptychium deciminum Roemer 1841
†Coeloptychium incisum Roemer 1841
†Coeloptychium princeps Roemer 1864
†Coeloptychium rude Zittel 1876
†Coeloptychium seebachi Zittel 1876
†Coeloptychium sulciferum Roemer 1841
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-08 19:09:36
Modified: 2009-05-08 21:09:36
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 113.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) C. sp. (112209)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Poland C. deciminum (110342)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) C. sp. (113139)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Greece C. deciminum (61516)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Poland C. lobatum, C. subagaricoides (112490) C. subagaricoides (112492)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (North Yorkshire) C. sp. (113105)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) C. agaricoides, C. seebachi, C. princeps (111529) C. deciminum (110616) C. deciminum, C. incisum, C. agaricoides (110530) C. deciminum, C. seebachi (111531) C. lobatum (110615) Myrmecioptychium bodei (111530)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) C. lobatum, C. sulciferum, C. agaricoides (112628)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Poland C. deciminum (110120 110329 110330 110331)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (Ireland) C. argaricoides, C. belfastiense (197344) C. furcatum (197336 197341)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Poland C. deciminum (110430 110432 110434)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) C. deciminum, C. sulciferum, C. incisum, C. agaricoides, C. seebachi, C. rude (31993)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2United Kingdom (England) C. agaricoides (113137)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany C. deciminum, C. incisum (64153) C. lobatum, C. deciminum, C. sulciferum, C. incisum, C. agaricoides, C. rude (64215)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0United Kingdom (Norfolk) C. agaricoides (112697)