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Phlyctocystis

Aristocystitidae

Taxonomy
Phlyctocystis was named by Chauvel (1966) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde-l].

It was assigned to Calixinae by Chauvel (1966), Parsley (1990).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Phlyctocystis Chauvel
1990Phlyctocystis Parsley p. 278

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
superfamilySphaeronitidaNeumayr 1889
familyAristocystitidaeBassler 1938
subfamilyCalicinae()
genusPhlyctocystis

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. †Phlyctocystis Chauvel 1966
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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: 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: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Dobrotivian to the top of the Darriwilian or 461.00000 to 458.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Morocco P. regularis (156996)
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Ciudad Real) P. gigas (44050)
Berounian459.7 - 450.1Morocco P. sp. (56179)