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Iowacystis

Soluta - Syringocrinida - Iowacystidae

Taxonomy
Iowacystis was named by Thomas and Ladd (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: O Ashg-l Sepkoski's reference number: 335].

It was assigned to Soluta by Sepkoski (2002); and to Iowacystidae by Dehm (1933), Kolata et al. (1977), Noailles et al. (2014).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Iowacystis Thomas and Ladd
1933Jowacystis Dehm p. 37
1977Iowacystis Kolata et al. p. 539
2002Iowacystis Sepkoski
2014Iowacystis Noailles et al. p. 460

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classSolutaJaekel 1900
orderSyringocrinida(Parsley and Caster 1965)
familyIowacystidaeGill and Caster 1960
genusIowacystisThomas and Ladd 1926

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. †Iowacystis Thomas and Ladd 1926
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Iowacystis sagittaria Thomas and Ladd 1926
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 Maysvillian to the top of the Richmondian or 450.20000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Iowa) I. sagittaria (26683)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) I. sagittaria (23524)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) I. sagittaria (13200)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Illinois, Iowa) I. sagittaria (23534)