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Dendrocystites

Soluta - Dendrocystitida - Dendrocystitidae

Taxonomy
Dendrocystites was named by Barrande (1887). Its type is Dendrocystites sedgwicki.

It was corrected as Dendrocystis by Bather (1913).

It was assigned to Cystoidea by Bather (1913); to Soluta by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dendrocystitidae by Regnéll (1945), Noailles et al. (2014).

Species
D. barrandei, D. sedgwicki (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Dendrocystites Barrande
1913Dendrocystis Bather
1945Dendrocystites Regnéll
2002Dendrocystites Sepkoski
2014Dendrocystites Noailles et al. p. 461

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classSolutaJaekel 1900
orderDendrocystitida
familyDendrocystitidaeBassler 1938
genusDendrocystitesBarrande 1887

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. †Dendrocystites Barrande 1887
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Dendrocystites barrandei Bather 1913
Dendrocystites sedgwicki Barrande 1887
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 Zahorany to the top of the Chatfieldian or 459.30000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2United Kingdom (Wales) D. sp. (230215)
Letna - Harnagian463.3 - 457.2Czechia D. sedgwicki (3861)
Berounian459.7 - 450.1Spain (Cuidad Real) D. n. sp. (197248)
Berounian459.7 - 450.1Czechia D. barrandei (197259)
Zahorany - Late/Upper Ordovician459.3 - 443.1Czechia D. batheri (3865)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) D. paradoxocus (76092)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (New York) D. paradoxocus (76091) D. sp. (337)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Quebec) D. paradoxicus (185477)