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Nevadaecystis

Stylophora - Cornuta - Cothurnocystidae

Taxonomy
Nevadaecystis is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Cothurnocystis americana.

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

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Nevadaecystis Beaver et al. p. S561
2002Nevadaecystis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
classStylophoraGill and Caster 1960
orderCornutaJaekel 1901
suborderCothurnocystidaBather 1913
familyCothurnocystidaeBather 1913
genusNevadaecystis

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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Nevadaecystis americana Ubaghs 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 12:03:33
Modified: 2004-02-29 14:05:29
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Sunwaptan or 493.50000 to 487.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sunwaptan493.5 - 487.5USA (Nevada) Cothurnocystis americana (8975)