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Pleurocystites filitextus

Rhombifera - Pleurocystitidae

Taxonomy
Pleurocystites filitextus was named by Billings (1854).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Pleurocystites filitextus Billings p. 252 figs. text figs. 13, 14
1857Pleurocystites elegans Billings p. 287
1913Pleurocystis elegans Bather p. 466 fig. 67
1946Pleurocystites elegans Wilson p. 13 figs. Plate III, figure 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
orderRhombiferaZittel 1879
superfamilyGlyptocystitoida(Bather 1899)
familyPleurocystitidaeNeumayr 1889
subfamilyPleurocystitinaeUlrich and Kirk 1911
genusPleurocystites
speciesfilitextusBillings 1854

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.

†Pleurocystites filitextus Billings 1854
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Invalid names: Pleurocystis elegans Billings 1857 [synonym]
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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Maysvillian or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) Pleurocystites elegans (195625)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Missouri) Pleurocystites filitextus (13157)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Pleurocystites filitextus, Pleurocystites elegans (197145)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Quebec) Pleurocystites elegans (195616) Pleurocystites filitextus, Pleurocystites elegans (185477)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Canada (Ontario) Pleurocystites elegans (180117)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Iowa) Pleurocystites filitextus (13156)