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Glyptocystitidae

Rhombifera - Glyptocystitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Glyptocystitidae Bather
1967Glyptocystitidae Beaver et al. p. S169
1982Glyptocystitidae Sprinkle p. 233
2016Glyptocystitidae Paul and Rozhnov p. 261

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
orderRhombiferaZittel 1879
superfamilyGlyptocystitoida(Bather 1899)
familyGlyptocystitidaeBather 1899
familyGlyptocystitidaeBather 1899

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.

Fm. †Glyptocystitidae Bather 1899
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G. †Glyptocystella Paul 1972
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†Glyptocystella loeblichi Bassler 1943
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Invalid names: Glyptocystella ornatus Bassler 1943 [synonym]
G. †Glyptocystites Billings 1854
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†Glyptocystites batheri Sinclair 1948
†Glyptocystites grandis Sinclair 1945
†Glyptocystites multipora Billings 1854
†Glyptocystites regnelli Sinclair 1948
Invalid names: Glyptocystis Angelin 1878 [synonym]
G. †Hesperocystis Sinclair 1945
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†Hesperocystis deckeri Sinclair 1945
G. †Quadrocystis Sprinkle 1982
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†Quadrocystis graffhami Sprinkle 1982
G. †Strabocystis Sprinkle 1982
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†Strabocystis fayi Sprinkle 1982
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:36:13
Modified: 2010-02-15 06:45:28
Source: o = order, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Gasconadian to the top of the Rawtheyan or 486.85000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Idaho) G. New Genus B (103813)
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (Oklahoma) Quadrocystis graffhami (201757)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Glyptocystites forbesi (172200)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (New York) Glyptocystites forbesi (172331)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (California) Cheirocrinus forbesi (119483) Glyptocystis forbesi (119484 119486 119487)
Costonian458.2 - 457.2USA (Oklahoma) Strabocystis fayi (13815)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) Glyptocystites sp. (336)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Oklahoma) Hesperocystis deckeri (186181)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) Echinoencrinites ornatus, Glyptocystites regnelli (24095) Glyptocystella loeblichae, Glyptocystella sp., Glyptocystites sp., Glyptocystites multiporus, Hesperocystis deckeri, Glyptocystites regnelli, Glyptocystites forbesi (23990) Glyptocystella sp., Hesperocystis sp. (24102) Glyptocystites sp., Glyptocystites regnelli (24097) Quadrocystis graffhami (24103 73277) Strabocystis fayi (24101)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Glyptocystites sp. (23436 23445)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Glyptocystites sp. (23400)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Glyptocystites sp. (23477 23481 23486)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Glyptocystites sp. (23404)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Glyptocystites grandis (173359)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Missouri) Glyptocystella sp. (13157)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Glyptocystites grandis (26263) Glyptocystites multiporus (197145 197147)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Quebec) Glyptocystites multiporus (185477)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Québec) Glyptocystites batheri (197192) Glyptocystites regnelli (197193)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Canada (Quebec) Glyptocystites multiporus (181082)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Canada (Ontario) Glyptocystites sp. (228229)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Greenland (Washington Land) Cheirocrinus logani (24162)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) Glyptocystitidae indet. (8373)