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Gillocystis runcinata

Ophiocistioidea - Rhenosquamidae

Taxonomy
Gillocystis runcinata was named by Jell (1983). Its type specimen is NMV P766749 and is a mold. Its type locality is NMVPL252 echinoderms, central Victoria, which is in a Lochkovian marine siltstone in the Humevale Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Gillocystis runcinata Jell p. 232

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classOphiocistioidea()
familyRhenosquamidae
genusGillocystis
speciesruncinata

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.

†Gillocystis runcinata Jell 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2010-01-15 07:38:35
Modified: 2010-01-15 09:38:35
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Haude 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Lochkovian or 419.62000 to 413.02000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (Victoria) Gillocystis runcinata (type locality: 39216)