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Litheliidae
Taxonomy
Litheliidae was named by Haeckel (1862). It is extant.
It was assigned to Sponguracea by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Spumellaria by Sharma and Takahashi (2007).
It was assigned to Sponguracea by De Wever et al. (2001); and to Spumellaria by Sharma and Takahashi (2007).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1862 | Litheliidae Haeckel |
| 2001 | Litheliidae De Wever et al. p. 164 |
| 2007 | Litheliidae Sharma and Takahashi p. 822 |
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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.
Fm. Litheliidae Haeckel 1862
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G. Cromyodruppa Haeckel 1887
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†Cromyodruppa concentrica Lipman 1952
Invalid names: Cromyodruppa prunulina Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium]
G. Lithelius Haeckel 1860
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Lithelius nautiloides Popofsky 1908
†Lithelius sinensis Feng et al. 2006
Invalid names: Lithelius difficilis Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium]
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 Changhsingian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 254.14000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 251.902 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 251.902 Ma
Collections (65 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Changhsingian | China (Guangxi) | Lithelius sinensis (95331 95332 95333 95334 95335 95336 95337 95338 95339) | |
| Turonian | Russian Federation (Moskovskaya Oblast) | Cromyodruppa concentrica (95912) | |
| Coniacian | Russian Federation (Moskovskaya Oblast) | Cromyodruppa concentrica (95913) | |
| Late/Upper Santonian | Germany (Bayern) | Cromyodruppa concentrica (95841) | |
| Santonian | Russian Federation (Kaluga) | Cromyodruppa universa (95989) | |
| Santonian | Russian Federation (Tambov) | Cromyodruppa concentrica (95160 95161) | |
| Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | Russian Federation (Tambov) | Lithelius sp., Cromyodruppa concentrica (95159) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | New Zealand (Marlborough) | Lithelius minor (95843 95845 95884 95885 95886 95887 95888) | |
| Danian | New Zealand (Marlborough) | Lithelius foremanae, Lithelius hexaxyphophora, Lithelius minor, Litheliidae indet. (95905) Lithelius foremanae, Lithelius marshalli, Lithelius minor (95902) Lithelius foremanae, Lithelius minor (95891 95892 95894 95896 95903 95906 95907) Lithelius foremanae, Lithelius minor, Litheliidae indet. (95904) Lithelius kaikouraensis, Lithelius minor, Lithelius sp. A (95875 95881) Lithelius marshalli, Lithelius minor (95876) Lithelius marshalli, Lithelius minor, Litheliidae indet. (95872 95893) Lithelius minor (95851 95854 95856 95859 95860 95866 95868 95869 95870 95874 95877 95879 95895 95897 95900) Lithelius minor, Litheliidae indet. (95867 95883 95901) Lithelius minor, Lithelius sp. A (95858 95878 95880 95882) | |
| Selandian | New Zealand (Marlborough) | Lithelius foremanae, Lithelius hexaxyphophora, Lithelius minor (95909) Lithelius minor (95910) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Japan | Lithelius minor (236002) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Japan | Lithelius nautiloides (233711) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Lithelius nautiloides (233713) |