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Eumorphocystis

Glyptosphaeritida - Eumorphocystidae

Taxonomy
Eumorphocystis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Protocrinitidae by Kesling (1963); to Diploporita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Eumorphocystidae by Branson and Peck (1940), Sheffield and Sumrall (2018).

Species
E. multiporata (syn. E. oklahomensis, E. typicalis)
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Wagner on 2018-10-08

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Eumorphocystis Branson and Peck
1950Strimplecystis Bassler
1963Eumorphocystis Kesling p. 114
2002Eumorphocystis Sepkoski
2002Regnellicystis Sepkoski
2018Eumorphocystis Sheffield and Sumrall

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
orderGlyptosphaeritida(Bernard 1895)
familyEumorphocystidae
genusEumorphocystis

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.

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†Eumorphocystis multiporata Branson and Peck 1940
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Invalid names: Eumorphocystis oklahomensis Bassler 1950 [synonym], Eumorphocystis typicalis Bassler 1950 [synonym]
Invalid names: Regnellicystis [synonym], Strimplecystis Bassler 1950 [synonym]
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 Middle Ordovician to the top of the Maysvillian or 471.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (Tennessee) E. sp. (319)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Virginia) Regnellicystis typicalis (37904)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) E. multiporata, Strimplecystis oklahomensis (23990 196808) E. sp. (24102) Strimplecystis oklahomensis (37986)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) E. sp. (23490 23492)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) E. sp. (23405)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Iowa) E. sp. (13156)