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Echinoencrinitidae

Rhombifera - Echinoencrinitidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Echinoencrinitidae Bather
1899Scoliocystidae Jaekel
1945Echinoencrinitidae Regnéll
1967Echinoencrinitidae Beaver et al. p. S184
1985Echinoencrinitidae Jell et al. p. 205
2008Echinoencrinitidae Zuykov et al.
2016Echinoencrinitidae Paul and Rozhnov p. 261

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
orderRhombiferaZittel 1879
superfamilyGlyptocystitoida(Bather 1899)
familyEchinoencrinitidaeBather 1899
familyEchinoencrinitidaeBather 1899

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. †Echinoencrinitidae Bather 1899
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G. †Echinoencrinites von Meyer 1826
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G. †Erinocystis Jaekel 1899
G. †Fusicystis Terentiev 2008
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Fusicystis magnificus Terentiev 2008
G. †Glansicystis Paul 1967
G. †Glaphyrocystis Jaekel 1899
G. †Gonocrinites Eichwald 1840
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Gonocrinites angulosus Pander 1830
Gonocrinites lahuseni Jaekel 1899
G. †Osculocystis Paul 1967
G. †Proctocystis Regnéll 1945
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Proctocystis monstruosa Regnéll 1945
G. †Schizocystis Jaekel 1895
G. †Scoliocystis Jaekel 1899
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Scoliocystis pumila Eichwald 1860
Scoliocystis thersites Jaekel 1899
G. †Tyrridiocystis Broadhead and Strimple 1978
Invalid names: Scoliocystidae Jaekel 1899 [synonym], Scoliocystinae Jaekel 1899 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. R. C. Paul and S. V. Rozhnov 2016Glyptocystitoid family with reduced oral area, with theca composed of 26 or 25 plates arranged in five circlets according to the formula: 4 basals (B, plural BB), 5 infralaterals (ILL), 5 laterals (LL), 4 or 5 radials (RR), and 7 orals (OO), with disjunct pectinirhombs.
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: base of the Volkhov to the top of the Lochkovian or 471.30000 to 413.02000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dawan478.8 - 466.6China (YunNan) Echinoencrinites sp. (7745)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Russian Federation Echinoencrinites sp. (91166) Echinosphaerites angulosus (66935)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Sweden Echinoencrinites reticulatus (162427) Echinoencrinites reticulatus, Proctocystis monstruosa (162428) Echinoencrinites senckenbergi, Echinoencrinites reticulatus (162420)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Russian Federation Scoliocystis pumila (193690)
Idavere458.0 - 452.8Russian Federation Fusicystis magnificus (173834)
Idavere458.0 - 452.8Russian Federation (Oblast Leningrad) Fusicystis magnificus (173836)
Oandu452.8 - 451.8Estonia (Tallinn) Gonocrinites angulosus (196945)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Glansicystis sp. (79893)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom Glansicystis baccata (99386)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom Glansicystis baccata (99380)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) Schizocystis armata (99379)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Tennessee) Tyrridiocystis sp. (26852)