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Dictyophimus


Classification: rads_cenozoic -> Theoperidae -> Lychnocaniidae -> Dictyophimus
Sister taxa: Dictyophimus, Lamprotripus, Lithochytris, Lychnocanium, Lychnocanoma, Pleuropodium, Pterocanium, Stichopilidium
Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)
Dictyophimus archipilium

neptune records: 12
Dictyophimus bicornis

neptune records:
Dictyophimus bullatus

neptune records: 4
Dictyophimus caia

neptune records: 2
Dictyophimus constrictus

neptune records: 4
Dictyophimus craticula

neptune records: 174
Dictyophimus crisiae

neptune records: 307
Dictyophimus hirundo

neptune records: 71
Dictyophimus histricosus

neptune records:
Dictyophimus infabricatus

neptune records: 47
Dictyophimus killmari

neptune records:
Dictyophimus macropterus

neptune records:
Dictyophimus okadai

neptune records: 4
Dictyophimus pocillum

neptune records: 17
Dictyophimus splendens

neptune records: 237
Dictyophimus sp.

neptune records: 73

Taxonomy

Citation: Dictyophimus Ehrenberg 1847
Taxonomic rank: genus
Basionym: Dictyophimus

Catalog entries: Dictyophimus

Original description: Apertura testae duplex opposita. Testa semel constricta articuli postremi in pocillum aut patellam dilatali apertura subilo aut sensim ampliata maxima (aculeala)


Translated description: Aperture of the test double, opposite. Test with a single constriction. Posterior segments dilated suddenly into a little cup or plate with an opening, or gradually considerably broadening (aculeate). (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]
Remarks on original description: [Partially synonymized with Pseudodictyophimus Petrushevskaya by Petrushevskaya, 1971b]

Description

Biogeography and Palaeobiology

Biostratigraphic distribution

Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: Total of ranges of the species in this database
First occurrence (base): within Paleogene Period (23.03-66.04Ma, base in Danian stage). Data source: Total of ranges of species in this database

Plot of occurrence data:

References:

Ehrenberg, C. G. (1847). Uber die mikroskopischen kieselschaligen Polycystinen als machtige Gebirgsmasse von Barbados und uber das Verhaltniss der aus mehr als 300 neuen Arten bestehenden ganz eigenthumlichen Formengruppe jener Felsmasse zu den jetzt lebenden Tieren und zur. Bericht uber die zu Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Koniglichen Preussische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1847: 41-60. gs


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