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Cyathocystis

Edrioasteroidea - Cyathocystida - Cyathocystidae

Taxonomy
Cyathocystis was named by Schmidt (1879). Its type is Cyathocystis plautinae.

It was assigned to Cyathocystidae by Regnéll (1966) and Bockelie and Paul (1983); and to Edrioasterida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. plautinae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Cyathocystis Schmidt
1966Cyathocystis Regnéll
1983Cyathocystis Bockelie and Paul
2002Cyathocystis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classEdrioasteroideaBillings 1858
orderCyathocystidaBell 1975
familyCyathocystidaeBather 1899
genusCyathocystisSchmidt 1879

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.

G. †Cyathocystis Schmidt 1879
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Cyathocystis plautinae Schmidt 1879
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
Epibiont: yesc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:42:45
Modified: 2010-02-16 01:51:32
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Keila or 470.00000 to 453.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Oklahoma) C. americanus (201757)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) C. oklahomae (23990 24097) C. sp. (24101 24102 24103)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Missouri) C. sp. (13157)
Keila453.9 - 453.0Estonia (Harju) C. sp. (87273)