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Ateleocystites huxleyi

Stylophora - Mitrata

Taxonomy
Ateleocystites huxleyi was named by Billings (1858). Its type specimen is GSC 1392 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Ateleocystites.

It was recombined as Anomalocystites huxleyi by Miller (1889).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Ateleocystites huxleyi Billings p. 72 fig. 4
1889Anomalocystites huxleyi Miller
1946Ateleocystites huxleyi Wilson pp. 7 - 8 figs. Plate II, figures 1-4
1991Ateleocystites huxleyi Parsley p. 37
2017Ateleocystites huxleyi McDermott and Paul pp. 3, 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
classStylophoraGill and Caster 1960
orderMitrataJaekel 1918
suborderMitrocystitidaCaster 1952
genusAteleocystitesBillings 1858
specieshuxleyi

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.

Ateleocystites huxleyi Billings 1858
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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: passively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 12:03:51
Modified: 2004-02-29 14:06:05
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Edenian or 457.30000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) Ateleocystites huxleyi (185350)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Ateleocystites huxleyi (197147)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Pennsylvania) Ateleocystites huxleyi (34895)