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Lacazella

Rhynchonellata - Thecideida - Thecideidae

Taxonomy
Lacazella was named by Munier-Chalmas (1881) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes R Sepkoski's reference number: 538]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Lacazellinae.

It was assigned to Thecideida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lacazellinae by Williams et al. (2006), Bitner and Müller (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Lacazella Munier-Chalmas
2002Lacazella Sepkoski
2006Lacazella Williams et al. p. 1960
2017Lacazella Bitner and Müller p. 223

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classRhynchonellataWilliams et al. 1996
orderThecideidaPajaud 1970
superfamilyThecideoidea(Gray 1840)
familyThecideidaeGray 1840
subfamilyLacazellinaeBackhaus 1959
genusLacazellaMunier-Chalmas 1881

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. Lacazella Munier-Chalmas 1881
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Subg. †Lacazella (Bifolium) Elliott 1948
†Lacazella nana Cooper 1988
†Lacazella novazelandiae Hiller 2011
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height93.592.105.404.201.33
shell height21.431.201.701.450.354

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:14:47
Modified: 2018-11-10 18:06:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 72.20000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands L. sp. (3123)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Netherlands L. sp. (3122)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (Alabama) L. nana (153344)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Spain L. mediterranea (171726 171727)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy L. mediterranea (152502)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Hungary L. mediterranea (161770)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine L. mediterranea (186786)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany L. mediterranea (233115 233116 233119)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Puerto Rico L. sp. (92229 92230)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Landes) L. mediterranea (152689 152694)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France L. mediterranea (152688 152692 152695)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Aquitaine) L. mediterranea (88795)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Cuba L. caribbeanensis (164933)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand L. novazelandiae (152324 152325)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Indonesia L. sp. (186821)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy L. mediterranea (186801 199890 199892 199893 199894)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain L. mediterranea (56687)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic L. caribbeanensis (80084 80136 191010)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain L. mediterranea (190899)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu L. sp. 2 (78043 186822 186824 186825 186830 186832)