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Lophophaenidae
Taxonomy
Lophophaenidae was named by Haeckel (1881). It is extant. Its type is Lophophaena.
It was assigned to Archipiliacea by Loeblich and Tappan (1961); and to Nassellaria by De Wever et al. (2001).
It was assigned to Archipiliacea by Loeblich and Tappan (1961); and to Nassellaria by De Wever et al. (2001).
Subtaxa
Amphiplecta, Antarctissa, Arachnocorallium, Arachnocorys, Archiperidium (syn. Cryptogyrus), Archipilium, Botryopera (syn. Trisulcus), Ceratocyrtis, Dimelissa, Lampromitra, Lamprotripus, Lophophaena (type genus), Lophophaenoma, Marimoum, Ovum, Peromelissa, Phormacantha, Plectacantha, Pseudocubus (syn. Obeliscus), Pseudodictyophimus, Steganocubus, Syscioscenium, Tripodocyrtis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1881 | Lophophaenidae Haeckel |
| 1961 | Lophophaenidae Loeblich and Tappan |
| 2001 | Lophophaenidae De Wever et al. p. 224 |
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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. Lophophaenidae Haeckel 1881
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G. Amphiplecta Haeckel 1881
G. Arachnocorallium Haeckel 1887
G. Arachnocorys Haeckel 1860
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Arachnocorys dubius Dogiel' and Reshetnyak 1952
Arachnocorys pentacantha Popofsky 1913
G. †Archipilium Haeckel 1887
G. Botryopera Haeckel 1887
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Botryopera chlamida Petrushevskaya 1975
Invalid names: Trisulcus Popofsky 1913 [synonym]
G. Dictyocephalus Ehrenberg 1860
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Dictyocephalus obtusus Ehrenberg 1844
Invalid names: Dictyocephalus ventricosus Rüst 1892 [nomen dubium], Dictyocryphalus Haeckel 1887 [objective synonym]
G. Dimelissa Campbell 1951
G. Lamprotripus Haeckel 1881
G. Marimoum Funakawa 1994
G. †Ovum De Wever 1982
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†Ovum cetinum De Wever 1982
Ovum ovum Linnaeus 1758
†Ovum pertusum De Wever 1982
G. Peromelissa Haeckel 1881
G. Phormacantha Jorgensen 1905
G. Plectacantha Jorgensen 1905
G. Pseudodictyophimus Petrushevskaya 1971
G. Steganocubus Sugiyama 1993
G. Syscioscenium Sugiyama 1992
G. Tripodocyrtis Funakawa 1994
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 Hettangian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 201.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 199.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 199.3 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hettangian | USA (Massachusetts) | Trisulcus laqueatus (52986) | |
| Hettangian - Sinemurian | USA (Connecticut) | Trisulcus sp. (53000) | |
| Pliensbachian | Turkey (Antalya) | Ovum cetinum, Ovum pertusum (81267) | |
| Early/Lower Pliensbachian | Japan | Dictyocephalus umenokiensis, Dictyocephalus chinzeii, Dictyocephalus kamikatsuensis, Dictyocephalus sp. (52057) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bavaria) | Lophophaenidae indet. (83083) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | New Zealand | Lophophaena polycyrtis (95819) | |
| Maastrichtian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Dictyocephalus macrostoma (106433) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | China (Tibet) | Dictyocephalus middouri (69734) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Japan | Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes, Ceratocyrtis spinosiretis (233710 233711 233712) Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes, Cryptogyrus dubius (233640 233708 233709) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes, Cryptogyrus dubius, Ceratocyrtis spinosiretis (233713) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Pseudodictyophimus gracilipes, Botryopera chlamida, Archiperidium pentacanthum, Cryptogyrus dubius, Ceratocyrtis spinosiretis (233714) |