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Myllocercion

Polycystinea - Nassellaria - Carpocaniidae

Taxonomy
Myllocercion was named by Foreman (1968) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-l T Pale Sepkoski's reference number: 685].

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

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Broehl on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Myllocercion Foreman
2001Myllocercion De Wever et al. p. 257
2002Myllocercion Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
superphylumRetariaCavalier-Smith 1999
phylumRadiozoa
superclassPolycystinia
classPolycystinea
RankNameAuthor
orderNassellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyAcanthodesmiaceaHertwig 1879
familyCarpocaniidaeHaeckel 1881
subfamilyDiacanthocapsinaeO'Dogherty 1994
genusMyllocercionForeman 1968

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. †Myllocercion Foreman 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Selandian or 83.60000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2North Pacific M. sp. (95806)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0New Zealand (Marlborough) M. acineton (95845) M. acineton, M. echtus (95843 95844 95846 95847 95848 95849 95884 95885 95886 95887 95888)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Czechia M. acineton (67451)
Danian66.0 - 61.66New Zealand (Marlborough) M. acineton (95850 95855 95867 95868 95869 95881 95907) M. acineton, M. echtus (95851 95852 95853 95854 95856 95857 95858 95859 95860 95865 95866 95870 95873 95875 95876 95877 95878 95879 95880 95883 95889 95890 95891 95892 95893 95894 95895 95896 95897 95900 95901 95902 95903 95904 95905) M. echtus (95874)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24New Zealand (Marlborough) M. acineton (95909)