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Scotiaecystinae

Stylophora - Cornuta - Cothurnocystidae

Taxonomy
Scotiaecystidae was named by Caster and Ubaghs (1967). Its type is Scotiaecystis.

It was reranked as the subfamily Scotiaecystinae by Lefebvre and Vizcaino (1999).

It was assigned to Cornuta by Beaver et al. (1967); and to Cothurnocystidae by Lefebvre and Vizcaino (1999).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Scotiaecystidae Beaver et al. p. S550
1967Scotiaecystidae Caster and Ubaghs
1999Scotiaecystinae Lefebvre and Vizcaino p. 446

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
classStylophoraGill and Caster 1960
orderCornutaJaekel 1901
suborderCothurnocystidaBather 1913
familyCothurnocystidaeBather 1913
subfamilyScotiaecystinae(Caster and Ubaghs 1967)
subfamilyScotiaecystinae(Caster and Ubaghs 1967)

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.

Subfm. †Scotiaecystinae Caster and Ubaghs 1967
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Scotiaecystis guilloui Lefebvre and Vizcaino 1999
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Thoralicystis ubaghsi Lefebvre and Vizcaino 1999
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Berounian or 490.20000 to 450.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Nevada) Scotiaecystis sp. (9517)
Floian477.1 - 471.3France (Montagne Noire) Scotiaecystis griffei (20827)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Morocco (Tarfaya) Thoralicystis zagoraensis (20980)
Berounian459.7 - 450.1Spain (Cuidad Real) Bohemiaecystis jefferiesi (197248)