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Coenocystis

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Streblocrinidae

Taxonomy
Coenocystis was named by Girty (1909) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-l P Guad-u]. Its type is Coenocystis richardsoni.

It was assigned to Acariaiocrininae by Arendt (1970); to Streblocrininae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); to Acariaiocrinidae by Arendt (1981); to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Streblocrinidae by Webster and Webster (2012).

Species
C. angulosus, C. perforata, C. richardsoni (type species), C. somoholensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. moreyi
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Clapham on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Coenocystis Girty p. 108
1970Coenocystis Arendt p. 178
1978Coenocystis Ubaghs et al. p. T603
1981Coenocystis Arendt p. 98
2002Coenocystis Sepkoski
2012Coenocystis Webster and Webster p. 747

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
orderCyathocrinida(Bather 1899)
superfamilyCodiacrinoidea(Bather 1890)
familyStreblocrinidaeLane 1967
genusCoenocystis

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. †Coenocystis Girty 1909
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†Coenocystis angulosus Wanner 1929
†Coenocystis perforata Wanner 1929
†Coenocystis somoholensis Wanner 1924
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-09 11:50:31
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Capitanian or 353.70000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7USA (Missouri) C. moreyi (90835)
Permian298.9 - 251.902Indonesia (Timor) C. somoholensis (223629)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51USA (Texas) C. richardsoni (108835)