From Suzuki Paleotax db:
1874 Lychnocanium carinatum n. sp. Ehrenberg p. 243
1876 Lychnocanium carinatum Ehrenberg Ehrenberg p. 78-79, pl. 8, fig. 5
1887 Lychnocanium (Lychnocanella) carinatum Ehrenberg Haeckel p. 1226
1987 Lychnocanium (?) carinatum Ehrenberg Nishimura p. 727, pl. 3, figs. 6, 11
1992 Theopodium sp. aff. Lychnocanium carinatum Ehrenberg Nishimura p. 354, 356, pl. 7, fig. 11
2002 Theopodium spp. aff. T. (Lychnocanium) carinatum Ehrenberg [sic] Liu & Aitchison p. 150, 152, pl. 2, fig. 7
2009 Lychnocanium carinatum Ehrenberg [Ehrenberg collection] Ogane et al. pl. 44, figs. 3a-f
2012 Lychnocanium carinatum Ehrenberg Liang et al. figs. 4j-4l
2016 Lychnocanium carinatum Ehrenberg Wang et al. p. 119-120, figs. 7.2-7.4
Catalog entries: Lychnocanium carinatum
Original description: [Small globose cephalis, with a frontal horn of the same length, rough and porous. Second segment smooth, campanulate, dilate, contracted at both ends, with two straight diverging spines (subtruncate?), in the place of the third spine two sharp spinules. Surface distinguished by longitudinal rows of pores, alternating with ribs, 8 on one side (16?). Length without spines 70 µ. Diameter of cephalis 23 µ. Maximum width of second segment 56 µ. Length of appendage 47 µ. Approximately 4 distinct pores in 23 µ. (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within Paleogene Period (23.03-66.04Ma, top in Chattian stage). Data source: Lazarus et al. 2015 - "P age group"
First occurrence (base): within Paleogene Period (23.03-66.04Ma, base in Danian stage). Data source: Lazarus et al. 2015 - "P age group"
Plot of occurrence data:
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Lychnocanium carinatum compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 22-7-2026
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