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Paranacystis

Stylophora - Mitrata - Paranacystidae

Taxonomy
Paranacystis is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Paranacystidae.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Paranacystis Beaver et al. p. S552
2002Paranacystis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
classStylophoraGill and Caster 1960
orderMitrataJaekel 1918
suborderMitrocystitidaCaster 1952
familyParanacystidaeCaster 1954
genusParanacystis

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 Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 410.62000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Devonian419.62 - 358.86Brazil (Lambedor) P. petrii (75171 75174 75176)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Brazil (Parana) P. sp. (37081 37082)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Bolivia P. sp. (140373)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Brazil (Parana) P. sp. (37104 37106)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Brazil (Parana) P. sp. (37143 37144 37146)