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Wellerocystis kimmswickensis

Paracrinoidea - Platycystitida - Malocystitidae

Taxonomy
Wellerocystis kimmswickensis was named by Foerste (1920). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Glen Park, which is in a Chatfieldian carbonate limestone in the Kimmswick Formation of Missouri.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Wellerocystis kimmswickensis Foerste p. 37 figs. text-fig. 1 ; pi. 1, figs. 12A, B
1975Wellerocystis kimmswickensis Parsley and Mintz p. 94 figs. PI. 13, figs. 1-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classParacrinoideaRegnell 1945
orderPlatycystitida
familyMalocystitidae(Bather 1899)
genusWellerocystis
specieskimmswickensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:34:01
Modified: 2010-02-15 03:08:24
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Chatfieldian or 453.80000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Missouri) Wellerocystis kimmswickensis (13157)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Missouri) Wellerocystis kimmswickensis (type locality: 154953)