From Suzuki Paleotax db:
1874 Lychnocanium tridentatum n. sp. Ehrenberg p. 244-245
1887 Dictyophimus (Dictyophimium) tridentatus (Ehrenberg) Haeckel p. 1199
1985 gen. et sp. indet., cf. Lychnodictyum tridentatum Ehrenberg Sanfilippo et al. figs. 21.6a, 21.6b
2009 Lychnocanium tridentatum Ehrenberg [Ehrenberg collection] Ogane et al. pl. 97, fig. 5a-d, 6a-d, pl. 98, fig. 1a-b
Catalog entries: Lychnocanium tridentatum
Original description: [Smooth, with porous globose cephalis, its anterior part unequally three-spined, and with ~ decurrent median rib. Second segment sub-pyramidal, its posterior part strongly dilate, with three broad, curved appendages porous proximally and armed with a strong tooth. Median surface of the segment empty (or missing), margins porous. Length without spines 80 µ. Maximum breadth 84 µ. Diameter of cephalis 26 µ. Length of appendage 75 µ Approximately 3-4 pores in 23 µ. (Translated from Latin by E.M.R. and W.R.R.)]
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within Late Eocene Sub-Epoch (33.89-37.75Ma, top in Priabonian stage). Data source:
First occurrence (base): within Late Eocene Sub-Epoch (33.89-37.75Ma, base in Priabonian stage). Data source:
Plot of occurrence data:
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Lychnocanium tridentatum compiled by the radiolaria@mikrotax project team viewed: 22-7-2026
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