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Lithopera

Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae

Taxonomy
Lithopera was named by Ehrenberg (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 686]. It is extant. Its type is Lithopera bacca.

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

Species
L. bacca (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by B. Allen on 2024-03-22

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Lithopera Ehrenberg
2001Lithopera De Wever et al. p. 278
2002Lithopera Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
superphylumRetariaCavalier-Smith 1999
phylumRadiozoa
superclassPolycystinia
RankNameAuthor
classPolycystinea
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyEucyrtidiaceaEhrenberg 1847
familyEucyrtidiidaeEhrenberg 1847
genusLithoperaEhrenberg 1847

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. Lithopera Ehrenberg 1847
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Lithopera bacca Ehrenberg 1873
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (165 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98North Pacific L. renzae (260471 271760)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63North Pacific L. renzae (260468 271759)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Pacific L. bacca (266893) L. renzae (248443 257009)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98North Pacific L. renzae (244750 245344 245345 245346 245593 245594 245595 245596 245821 245822)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82North Pacific L. renzae (244490 245819 245820)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82North Pacific L. renzae (244746 244747 244748 244749 245337 245338 245339 245340 245341 245342 245573 245574 245576 245577 245578 245579 245580 245581 245582 245583 245584 245585 245586 245587 245588 245589 245590 245591 245592 245795 245818)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63North Pacific L. neotera, L. renzae (244325 244489 245794) L. renzae (244745 245335 245572)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63North Pacific L. neotera (260444 260445 260849 260850 260851 260852 260853 269355 269356 269357 270764 271750) L. renzae (260451 260452 260455 260456 260457 260459 260460 260461 260462 260463 260464 260465 270767 270768 271752 271754 271755 271756 271757 271758 272381 272384 272385 272386) L. renzae, L. neotera (260446 260447 260448 260449 260450 260453 260454 271753 272382 272383)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333North Pacific L. neotera (260441 260442 260443 269354 270763 272379)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63North Pacific L. neotera (245280 245792) L. neotera, L. renzae (245226 245229 245281 245282 245283 245284 245286 245504 245793) L. renzae (245227 245228 245285 245287 245288 245289 245290 245292 245569 245571)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246North Pacific L. neotera (245225) L. neotera, L. renzae (245279)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246North Pacific L. neotera (245224 245275 245276 245277 245278)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333North Pacific L. neotera (260435 260437 260438 260439 270762 272374 272375 272376 272377 272378)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333North Pacific L. neotera (245267 245268)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific L. neotera (266892) L. renzae (262434)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific L. bacca (248425)
NN191.9 - 0.42North Pacific L. bacca (266888)
NN200.42 - 0.29North Pacific L. bacca (257521)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific L. bacca (257510 257511 257512 257513 257520 259773 259777)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Pacific L. bacca (255100 255101 255102)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Pacific L. bacca (249239)