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Lychnocanoma

Protozoa - Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae

Taxonomy
Lychnocanoma was named by Haeckel (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 686]. It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Lychnocanoma Haeckel
2001Lychnocanoma De Wever et al. p. 246
2002Lychnocanoma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyUltranaporidaePessagno 1977
genusLychnocanomaHaeckel 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. Lychnocanoma Haeckel 1887
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Lychnocanoma auxilla Foreman 1973
Lychnocanoma babylonis Clark and Campbell 1942
Lychnocanoma bellum Clark and Campbell 1942
Lychnocanoma sakaii Morley and Nigrini 1995
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene 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

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0China (Tibet) L. costata, L. satelles, L. babylonis (69734)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Cyprus Lychnocanium bellum (90892 90893 90894)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Cyprus Lychnocanium bellum (90890 90891)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Peru (Ica) L. bellum (84654)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan L. sakaii (233640 233708 233709 233710 233711 233712)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan L. sakaii (233713)