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Rhopalocystidae

Eocrinoidea - Ascocystitida - Rhopalocystidae

Taxonomy
Rhopalocystidae was named by Ubaghs (1967).

It was assigned to Eocrinoidea by Beaver et al. (1967); and to Ascocystitida by Allaire et al. (2017).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Rhopalocystidae Beaver et al. p. S481
1967Rhopalocystidae Ubaghs
2017Rhopalocystidae Allaire et al. p. 697

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classEocrinoideaJaekel 1918
orderAscocystitida
familyRhopalocystidaeUbaghs 1967
familyRhopalocystidaeUbaghs 1967

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. †Rhopalocystidae Ubaghs 1967
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G. †Rhopalocystis Ubaghs 1963
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Rhopalocystis destombesi Ubaghs 1963
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Invalid names: Rhopalocystis dehirensis Chauvel and Régnault 1986 [synonym]
Rhopalocystis fraga Chauvel 1971
Rhopalocystis grandis Chauvel 1971
Rhopalocystis havliceki Chauvel 1978
Rhopalocystis zagoraensis Chauvel 1971
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Invalid names: Rhopalocystis lehmani Chauvel 1978 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:44:55
Modified: 2010-02-11 00:40:17
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Toyonian to the top of the Floian or 512.10000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Spain Rhopalocystis mesonesensis (169971)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Morocco (Zagora) Rhopalocystis destombesi, Rhopalocystis fraga, Rhopalocystis grandis, Rhopalocystis havliceki (182907) Rhopalocystis destombesi, Rhopalocystis fraga, Rhopalocystis grandis, Rhopalocystis havliceki, Rhopalocystis zagoraensis (197257) Rhopalocystis fraga (197256) Rhopalocystis sp. (182848)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Morocco Rhopalocystis destombesi (196729)
Tremadocian - Floian486.85 - 471.3Morocco (Zagora) Rhopalocystis sp. (182869)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Morocco Rhopalocystis sp. (20998)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Morocco (Anti Atlas) Rhopalocystis destombesi (166731)