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Trochocystoides parvus

Cincta - Sucocystidae

Taxonomy
Trochocystoides parvus was named by Jaekel (1918). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dlouhá hora, which is in a Cambrian offshore sandstone in the Buchava Formation of Czechia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Trochocystoides parvus Jaekel p. 120 fig. 109
2009Trochocystoides parvus Smith and Zamora fig. 7C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classCincta(Jaekel 1918)
familySucocystidaeFriedrich 1993
genusTrochocystoides
speciesparvus

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.

Trochocystoides parvus Jaekel 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2022-12-08 19:35:59
Modified: 2022-12-08 19:36:58
Source: o = order, p = phylum
References: Raman et al. 2015, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Middle Cambrian or 506.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Czechia Trochocystoides parvus (type locality: 198920)