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Lamptonium

Polycystinea - 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
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
superphylumRetariaCavalier-Smith 1999
phylumRadiozoa
superclassPolycystinia
RankNameAuthor
classPolycystinea
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
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Priabonian or 66.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66North Atlantic L. pennatum (266060)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24North Atlantic L. pennatum (266059)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0North Atlantic L. fabaeforme (266056) L. pennatum (266055)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Cyprus L. pennatum (90895)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0North Atlantic L. pennatum (262936)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07North Atlantic L. pennatum (266053 266054)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Cyprus L. fabaeforme (90892 90893) L. fabaeforme, L. sanfilippoae (90894)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07North Atlantic L. fabaeforme (262931 266050)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07North Pacific L. fabaeforme (243865 243866) L. fabaeforme, L. fabaeforme (245183) L. fabaeforme, L. fabaeforme, L. pennatum (243860 243861 243862) L. fabaeforme, L. fabaeforme, L. sanfilippoae (245050) L. fabaeforme, L. pennatum (243859 243863 243864)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9North Pacific L. fabaeforme (247757)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03North Pacific L. fabaeforme (245258) L. fabaeforme, L. fabaeforme (245259)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Cyprus L. fabaeforme (90890 90891)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9North Pacific L. fabaeforme (245144)