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Glyptosphaeritidae

Glyptosphaeritida - Glyptosphaeritidae

Subtaxa
Glyptosphaerites (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Glyptosphaeritidae Bernard
1945Glyptosphaeritidae Regnéll
1967Glyptosphaeritidae Beaver et al. p. S235
2006Glyptosphaeritidae Mergl and Prokop p. 8
2019Glyptosphaeritidae Sheffield and Sumrall pp. 746 - 747

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
orderGlyptosphaeritida(Bernard 1895)
familyGlyptosphaeritidaeBernard 1895
familyGlyptosphaeritidaeBernard 1895

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. †Glyptosphaeritidae Bernard 1895
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G. †Glyptosphaerites Müller 1854
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Glyptosphaerites ferrigena Barrande 1887
Glyptosphaerites suecicus Angelin 1878
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationarysubp
Life habit: epifaunalsubp
Diet: suspension feedersubp
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-21 12:36:39
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:36:39
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Late/Upper Llanvirn or 486.40000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Czechia Glyptosphaerites ferrigena (192830)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Iran Glyptosphaerites sp. (186095)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2Sweden Glyptosphaerites sp. (2929)