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Palaeocystites

Eocrinoidea - Palaeocystitidae

Taxonomy
Palaeocystites is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Palaeocystitidae.

It was assigned to Palaeocystitidae by Beaver et al. (1967); and to Gogiida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Palaeocystites Beaver et al. p. S482
2002Palaeocystites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classEocrinoideaJaekel 1918
familyPalaeocystitidaeUbaghs 1967
genusPalaeocystites

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Intermediate tier suspension-feeder according to Dornbos (2008).g
Created: 2009-10-08 09:53:49
Modified: 2009-10-08 11:53:49
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Chazyan to the top of the Blackriveran or 470.00000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3USA (New York) P. tenuiradiatus (56185)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) P. dawsoni (80006) P. dawsoni, P. tenuiradiatus (197279) P. pulcher (45281) P. sp. (305 307 311 435)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) P. sp. (23990)