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Uniconus

Tentaculita - Uniconidae

Discussion

Authority sometimes Romanized as Lyashenko 1955

Taxonomy
Uniconus was named by Ljaschenko (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: S D Fras-u]. It is not extant. Its type is Tentaculites glaber. It is the type genus of Uniconidae.

It was assigned to Tentaculitida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Uniconidae by Farsan (1994), Comniskey and Ghilardi (2018).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Uniconus Ljaschenko
1994Uniconus Farsan p. 53 figs. Table 9
2002Uniconus Sepkoski
2018Uniconus Comniskey and Ghilardi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
classTentaculitaBoucek 1964
subclassTentaculitida(Ljaschenko 1955)
familyUniconidaeLjaschenko 1955
genusUniconusLjaschenko 1955

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. †Uniconus Ljaschenko 1955
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Uniconus ciguelii Comniskey and Ghilardi 2018
Uniconus glaber Trautschold 1881
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 13:44:32
Modified: 2009-10-11 14:08:35
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Lochkovian to the top of the Frasnian or 414.60000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Morocco U. caveti (13935)
Late/Upper Lochkovian - Pragian414.6 - 410.62China (Guangxi) U. sp. (241007)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco U. infundibulum (27050)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian413.02 - 399.5Brazil (ParanĂ¡) U. ciguelii (241004)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47USA (Alaska) U. orbiculus, U. livnensis (79135)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Afghanistan (Herat) U. flagelliformis, U. sp. A, U. sp. B (70144)