Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Lychniscaulinae

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae

Taxonomy
Lychniscaulinae was named by Reid (2004). It is not extant. Its type is Lychniscaulus.

It was assigned to Ventriculitidae by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Lychniscaulinae Finks et al. p. 536
2004Lychniscaulinae Reid p. 536

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLychniscosaSchrammen 1903
RankNameAuthor
familyVentriculitidaeSmith 1848
subfamilyLychniscaulinae
subfamilyLychniscaulinae

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.

Subfm. †Lychniscaulinae Reid 2004
show all | hide all
G. †Discophyma Oppliger 1915
hide
Discophyma costata Herenger 1942
Discophyma dolata Oppliger 1907
Invalid names: Placotelia Oppliger 1907 [synonym]
G. †Lychniscaulus Schrammen 1937
hide
Lychniscaulus vannus Schrammen 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-08 19:09:36
Modified: 2009-05-08 21:09:36
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 165.30000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Spain (Catalonia) Discophyma costata (112572)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Discophyma etalloni, Discophyma laevigatum, Discophyma marcoui, Discophyma rugatum, Discophyma dolata (68642)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Spain Discophyma sp. (68308)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Placotelia marcoui (74034)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland Placotelia marcoui (60808 114252) Placotelia rugatum (60811)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Placotelia marcoui (74033) Placotelia marcoui, Placotelia laciniata, Placotelia sp. (74036)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Spain (Catalonia) Discophyma etalloni (112571)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Spain Discophyma sp. (67866 67867)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Spain Discophyma foraminosa (112576) Discophyma sp. (112573)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Placotelia marcoui (60853) Placotelia sp. (60856)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France Placotelia marcoui, Discophyma etalloni, Discophyma laevigatum, Discophyma marcoui, Discophyma rugatum, Discophyma dolata (67975)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany Placotelia dolata (74044)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Bavaria) Lychniscaulus sp. (25411)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany Placotelia marcoui, Placotelia laciniata, Lychniscaulus vannus (74037)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany Lychniscaulus vannus (74063)