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Ceratocystidae

Stylophora - Cornuta - Ceratocystidae

Taxonomy
Ceratocystidae was named by Jaekel (1901). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cornuta by Beaver et al. (1967).

Subtaxa
Ceratocystis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Ceratocystidae Jaekel
1967Ceratocystidae Beaver et al. p. S547

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classStylophoraGill and Caster 1960
orderCornutaJaekel 1901
familyCeratocystidaeJaekel 1901
familyCeratocystidaeJaekel 1901

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. †Ceratocystidae Jaekel 1901
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†Ceratocystis perneri Jaekel 1901
†Ceratocystis prosthiakida Rahman et al. 2010
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 Middle Cambrian to the top of the Drumian or 506.50000 to 500.50000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Amgan508.2 - 504.5Czechia (Bohemia) Ceratocystis perneri (67708 67709 67738)
Solvan508.2 - 504.5Spain (Zaragoza) Ceratocystis sp. (90553)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Czechia (Jince) Ceratocystis sp. (76481 76484)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Spain (León) Ceratocystis sp. B (199042 199044)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Czechia (Středočeský) Ceratocystis perneri (196731 196733)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Czechia (Bohemia) Ceratocystis perneri (67775)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Czechia Ceratocystis perneri (198920 199039)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Ceratocystis vizcainoi (198923 198927)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Germany (Bayern) Ceratocystis prosthiakida (97598)
Drumian504.5 - 500.5Czechia (Central Boemian) Ceratocystis sp. (76456)
Drumian504.5 - 500.5Czechia (Středočeský) Ceratocystis perneri (196730)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Spain (Zaragoza) Ceratocystis sp. (192403)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Spain (Aragon) Ceratocystis sp. (196974)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Czechia (Středočeský) Ceratocystis perneri (186256)