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Lamptonium

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Theocotylidae

Taxonomy
Lamptonium was named by Haeckel (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than T Eo-m-l Sepkoski's reference number: 686].

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Lamptonium Haeckel
2001Lamptonium De Wever et al. p. 280
2002Lamptonium Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
RankNameAuthor
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyEucyrtidiaceaEhrenberg 1847
familyTheocotylidaePetrushevskaya 1981
genusLamptoniumHaeckel 1887

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. †Lamptonium Haeckel 1887
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Lamptonium fabaeformis Krasheninnikov 1960
Lamptonium pennatum Foreman 1973
Lamptonium sanfilippoae Foreman 1973
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: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Lutetian or 59.20000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Cyprus L. pennatum (90895)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Cyprus L. fabaeforme (90892 90893) L. fabaeforme, L. sanfilippoae (90894)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Cyprus L. fabaeforme (90890 90891)