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Lychnocanium
Taxonomy
Lychnocanium was named by Ehrenberg (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: K l R]. It is extant. Its type is Lychnocanium falciferum.
It was assigned to Theoperidae by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Theoperidae by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Nassellaria by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1847 | Lychnocanium Ehrenberg |
| 2001 | Lychnocanium De Wever et al. p. 282 |
| 2002 | Lychnocanium Sepkoski |
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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. Lychnocanium Ehrenberg 1847
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Subg. †Lychnocanium (Lychnocanella) Haeckel 1887
Lychnocanium depressum Ehrenberg 1873
Lychnocanium falciferum Ehrenberg 1854
Lychnocanium lucerna Ehrenberg 1847
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 59.24000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma
Collections (68 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selandian - Thanetian | South Pacific | L. carinatum (258866) | |
| Thanetian | Cyprus | L. auxilla (90895) | |
| Thanetian - Eocene | South Pacific | L. babylonis, L. satelles (258865) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | South Pacific | L. carinatum (247370) | |
| Ypresian | Cyprus | L. babylonis (90892 90893 90894) | |
| Eocene | South Pacific | L. amphitrite (258862) L. amphitrite, L. babylonis, L. waiareka (258859) L. amphitrite, L. waiareka (258858) L. babylonis (258863 258864) L. babylonis, L. waiareka, L. turgidum (258860) | |
| Eocene - Oligocene | South Pacific | L. babylonis, L. waiareka (258856) | |
| Lutetian | Cyprus | L. babylonis (90889 90890 90891) | |
| Middle Eocene | South Pacific | L. amphitrite (247357 254228 254230 254234) L. amphitrite, L. babylonis (247353 247356 254227 254236) L. amphitrite, L. babylonis, L. satelles (254231) L. amphitrite, L. bajunensis, L. babylonis (254226 254235) L. amphitrite, L. bajunensis, L. satelles (254229) L. babylonis (247359 247360 247363 254233) L. bajunensis (254232) L. bajunensis, L. babylonis (254225) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | South Pacific | L. amphitrite (254221 254223) L. amphitrite, L. babylonis (254222) L. amphitrite, L. bajunensis (254220) | |
| Bartonian | South Pacific | L. amphitrite (247929) L. amphitrite, L. babylonis (247930) | |
| Bartonian - Priabonian | South Pacific | L. amphitrite, L. waiareka (247928) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | South Pacific | L. amphitrite (247351 247352 254215 254218) L. amphitrite, L. waiareka (254219) | |
| Priabonian | South Pacific | L. amphitrite (247923 247927) L. amphitrite, L. babylonis, L. waiareka (247926) L. amphitrite, L. carinatum, L. waiareka (247924) L. babylonis (247925) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | South Pacific | L. babylonis (247350) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | South Pacific | L. elongata (254209) | |
| Middle Miocene | Ecuador | L. grande (90851) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Southern Ocean | L. grande (247623 258880 259939) | |
| Pliocene | Southern Ocean | L. grande (247909 247912 247913 247917 252123 252133 253172 258878) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Japan | Pterocanium depressum (233710 233711) |