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Litheliidae

Protozoa - Spumellaria - 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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Litheliidae Haeckel
2001Litheliidae De Wever et al. p. 164
2007Litheliidae Sharma and Takahashi p. 822

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilySponguraceaHaeckel 1862
familyLitheliidaeHaeckel 1862
familyLitheliidaeHaeckel 1862

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
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 Changhsingian to the top of the Holocene or 254.14000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 251.902 Ma

Collections (264 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) Lithelius sinensis (95331 95332 95333 95334 95335 95336 95337 95338 95339)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Russian Federation (Moskovskaya Oblast) Cromyodruppa concentrica (95912)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Russian Federation (Moskovskaya Oblast) Cromyodruppa concentrica (95913)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Germany (Bayern) Cromyodruppa concentrica (95841)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Russian Federation (Tambov) Cromyodruppa concentrica (95160 95161)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Russian Federation (Kaluga) Cromyodruppa universa (95989)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2Russian Federation (Tambov) Lithelius sp., Cromyodruppa concentrica (95159)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0New Zealand (Marlborough) Lithelius minor (95843 95845 95884 95885 95886 95887 95888)
Danian66.0 - 61.66New 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)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24South Pacific Lithelius minor (258869)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24New Zealand (Marlborough) Lithelius foremanae, Lithelius hexaxyphophora, Lithelius minor (95909) Lithelius minor (95910)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9South Pacific Lithelius minor (258857 258861 258864)
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.04South Pacific Lithelius minor (258856)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71South Pacific Lithelius minor (254226 254228 254229 254231 254232 254234 254235 254236)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9South Pacific Lithelius minor (254222)
M. lehneri PRZ42.3 - 40.5South Pacific Lithelius minor (259849)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9South Pacific Lithelius minor (254214 254219)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9South Pacific Lithelius minor (247923 247925 247926 247927)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04South Pacific Lithelius minor (254210 254211)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Pacific Lithelius barbatus (258449 258450 258451 258452 258453 258454) Lithelius barbatus, Lithelius minor (266412 266413 266414) Lithelius minor (266411 266565)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58North Pacific Lithelius barbatus (258448)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Japan Lithelius minor (236002)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Southern Ocean Lithelius minor (258880 259939 259943)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Southern Ocean Lithelius minor (247917 252136) Lithelius nautiloides (247909 247910 253171 253172)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Pacific Lithelius minor (250574)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific Lithelius minor (266408 266555 266556 266557 266558 266559 266560 266561 266562 266563 266564 268114 268115 268117) Lithelius nautiloides, Lithelius sp. (262427) Lithelius sp. (262426 262428 262429 262430 262431 262432 262433 262434 262435)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774North Pacific Lithelius minor (261439 261440)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indian Ocean Lithelius minor (250874)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Southern Ocean Lithelius minor (249975) Lithelius nautiloides (247616 249972) Lithelius nautiloides, Lithelius minor (247617 249973) Lithelius nautiloides, Lithelius sp. A (252110)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Pacific Lithelius minor (256854)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific Lithelius minor (242475 242476 242477 242479 266534 266535 266536 266537 266538 266541 266542 266543 266545 266546 266547 266548 266549 266552 266553 266554 267595 267598 267599 267600 267603 267605 267607 267608 268100 268102 268104 268105 268106 268107 268108 268109 268112)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0North Pacific Lithelius minor (268099)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0North Pacific Lithelius minor (260316 260318 260322 260659 260660 260661 260662 260663 260666 260667 260668 260669 260670 260677 260679 260681 260683 260684 260826 260828 260830 260832 260845 261417 261419 261420 261421 261422 261425 261426 261760 261765 261769 261891 261894 261895 261935 261936 261937 261940 261941 261943 262274 262276 262287 262288 262289 262291 265957 267660 267665 267669 267670 267671)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129North Pacific Lithelius minor (261430 261432 261433 261434 261435 261436 261437 261438)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Lithelius nautiloides (233711)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan Lithelius nautiloides (233713)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Southern Ocean Lithelius nautiloides (249970) Lithelius nautiloides, Lithelius sp. A (250721)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Pacific Lithelius minor (242466 242467 242468 242469 242470 242471 261229 266529 266530 266531 267589 267590 267591 267593 268092 268093 268096 268097)