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Homoctenus

Tentaculita - Homoctenidae

Taxonomy
Homoctenus was named by Ljaschenko (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife-l D Fras-u]. Its type is Homoctenus krestovnikovi.

It was assigned to Homoctenida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Homoctenidae by Farsan (1994), Li (2000), Comniskey and Ghilardi (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Homoctenus Ljaschenko
1994Homoctenus Farsan p. 53 figs. Table 9
2000Homoctenus Li p. 969
2002Homoctenus Sepkoski
2018Homoctenus Comniskey and Ghilardi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
classTentaculitaBoucek 1964
subclassHomoctenida(Boucek 1964)
familyHomoctenidaeLjaschenko 1955
genusHomoctenusLjaschenko 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. †Homoctenus Ljaschenko 1955
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†Homoctenus arctus Li 1995
†Homoctenus crassus Li 1995
†Homoctenus katzerii Comniskey and Ghilardi 2018
†Homoctenus krestovnikovi Lyashenko 1955
†Homoctenus opima Li 1995
†Homoctenus tikhyi Lyaschenko 1959
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: passively mobileo
Life habit: planktonico
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-01-07 02:54:13
Modified: 2009-10-11 14:23:47
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Early/Lower Famennian or 419.62000 to 368.50000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Morocco H. bohemicus (13936)
Early/Lower Devonian - Eifelian419.62 - 387.95Czechia H. hanusi (12148)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (Victoria) H. sp. (8509)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia H. graptolithorum (12104)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Poland H. sp. A (81168)
Pragian - Late/Upper Emsian413.02 - 393.47Brazil (Paraná) H. katzerii (241006)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Uzbekistan H. acutatus, H. curvatus, H. sp., H. pseudogeinitziana (169214)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Czechia H. hanusi (12144)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain (Aragon) H. sp. (40418)
Eifelian - Late/Upper Emsian393.47 - 393.47Canada (Northwest Territories) H. caldwelli (3949)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia H. hanusi (80731 80734 80744 80752)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95China (Guangxi) H. sp. (4794)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Uzbekistan H. sp. (217135)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany H. sp. (127762)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Poland (Kostomloty) H. hanusi (79001)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Afghanistan (Herat) H. sp. A (70144)
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Spain (Palencia) H. tenuicinctus, H. ultimus, H. krestovnikovi (40356)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Vietnam H. kikiensis (83245)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Spain (Aragon) H. tenuicinctus, H. sp. (40448)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Poland (Kostomloty) H. krestovnikovi (79006) H. tokmovensis (79007)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Germany H. tenuicinctus (145664)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86China (Guangxi) H. sp. (4704)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15France (Alsace) H. sp. (38675)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) H. sp. (216426)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15China (Guangxi) H. sp. (12962 12966 12967) H. ultimis, H. sp. (12955)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Spain (Aragon) H. ultimus (40499)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15China H. crassus (162319) H. sp. (162322) H. tikhyi (162318 162320)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5China H. sp. (162323 162326) H. tikhyi, H. arctus (162324)