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Gomphocystites
Taxonomy
Gomphocystites was named by Hall (1864). It is not extant. Its type is Gomphocystites glans.
It was assigned to Gomphocystitidae by Regnéll (1945); and to Diploporita by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Gomphocystitidae by Regnéll (1945); and to Diploporita by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Synonymy list
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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. †Gomphocystites Hall 1864
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†Gomphocystites californicus Stauffer 1930
†Gomphocystites glans Hall 1864
†Gomphocystites gotlandicus Angelin 1878
†Gomphocystites indianensis Miller 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007 | |||||
Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Sheinwoodian or 438.60000 to 430.60000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Llandovery | USA (Iowa) | G. sp. (26711 26712 26713 26714) | |
| Telychian | USA (Iowa) | G. sp. (25015 26763) | |
| Sheinwoodian | USA (Wisconsin) | G. glans (13069) | |
| Sheinwoodian | USA (Indiana) | G. indianensis (26805) | |
| Wenlock - Ludlow | USA (Illinois) | G. sp. (26703 26770) | |
| Wenlock - Ludlow | USA (Wisconsin) | G. sp. (26701 26707) |