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Mitrocystites

Stylophora - Mitrata

Taxonomy
Mitrocystites is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Mitrocystidae.

It was assigned to Mitrocystitidae by Beaver et al. (1967); to Mitrocystitida by Lefebvre (2000); and to Mitrata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Mitrocystites Beaver et al. p. S552
2000Mitrocystites Lefebvre p. 904 fig. 12
2002Mitrocystites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classStylophoraGill and Caster 1960
orderMitrataJaekel 1918
suborderMitrocystitidaCaster 1952
genusMitrocystites

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: passively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 12:03:51
Modified: 2004-02-29 14:06:05
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Early/Lower Emsian or 477.10000 to 399.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig477.1 - 468.0United Kingdom (England) M. sp. (3705)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Toledo) M. sp. (20898)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2Czechia (Prague) M. sp. (76458)
Letna - Harnagian463.3 - 457.2Czechia M. mitra (3861)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany M. styloideus (26904)