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Cyclacantharia

Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Cyclacantharia Cooper and Grant p. 7
2000Cyclacantharia Williams et al. p. 615
2002Cyclantharia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderProductidaSarycheva and Sokolskaya 1959
suborderLyttoniidina
superfamilyRichthofenioidea()
familyCyclacanthariidae
subfamilyCyclacanthariinae
genusCyclacantharia

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. †Cyclacantharia Cooper and Grant 1969
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†Cyclacantharia gigantea Cooper and Grant 1975
†Cyclacantharia kingorum Cooper and Grant 1969
†Cyclacantharia kingorum agaricoidea Cooper and Grant 1975
†Cyclacantharia paucispinosa Cooper and Grant 1975
†Cyclacantharia robusta Cooper and Grant 1975
†Cyclacantharia transitoria Cooper and Grant 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height9728.53.5086.032.613.7

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsubo
Diet: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Created: 2018-11-10 17:08:09
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:08:09
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, p = phylum
References: Williams et al. 2000, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Capitanian or 293.52000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (123 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Japan C. sp. (138382)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) C. gigantea (43559 105685) C. sp. 1, C. gigantea (75885)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) C. gigantea (105818) C. paucispinosa (43495 43513 43515 43517 43585 81651 105735 105940 105941 106286) C. sp. (81592 81635 81726 81848 81860 81949 105843) C. sp. 2 (75865) C. sp. 3 (102627) C. sp. 4 (43496) C. transitoria (105879)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) C. kingorum (43519 43548 43549 43551 81515 81645 81650 102602 102605 102614 105726 105741 105850 105887 105932 106021 106041 106123) C. paucispinosa (43512 43518 101781 101782 102611 105742 105927) C. paucispinosa, C. transitoria (81640 102604) C. robusta (81693 101767) C. robusta, C. kingorum (81722) C. sp., C. transitoria (43613) C. transitoria (43465 43554 43563 101783 101793 101807 102603 102606 102607 102610 102615 102616 102621 105592 105743 105807 105851 105873 105874 106107 106109) Prorichthofenia permiana (43553) Richthofenia permiana (108803 108822 108832 108862)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28USA (Texas) C. kingorum (102630 106046 106053)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51USA (Texas) Richthofenia permiana (108829 108835)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia C. sp. (107065 107066 107075)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Mexico (Coahuila) C. kingorum (232559 232560 232561)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Oman C. sp. (63768 63796)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) C. kingorum (43526 43552 43557 81636 81695 102626 105573 105683 105764 105821 105934 105977 106105 106157 106290 106291) C. kingorum, C. kingorum (43550) C. sp. 6 (81628) Richthofenia permiana (108821)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) C. kingorum (42092 42093)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) C. sp. (81612 81618) C. sp. 5 (81624) Richthofenia permiana (108812 108859 108861)