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Hillocystis atracta

Rhombifera - Pleurocystitidae

Taxonomy
Hillocystis atracta was named by Jell (1983). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMVPL252 echinoderms, central Victoria, which is in a Lochkovian marine siltstone in the Humevale Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Hillocystis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Hillocystis atracta Jell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
orderRhombiferaZittel 1879
superfamilyGlyptocystitoida(Bather 1899)
familyPleurocystitidaeNeumayr 1889
genusHillocystis
speciesatracta

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.

Hillocystis atracta Jell 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:36:13
Modified: 2010-02-15 06:45:28
Source: o = order, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Lochkovian or 419.20000 to 410.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Australia (Victoria) Hillocystis atracta (type locality: 39216)