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Fungocystites rarissimus

Glyptosphaeritida - Protocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Fungocystites rarissimus was named by Barrande (1887). It is extant. Its type locality is Chrustenice, which is in a Vinice marine shale in the Vinice Formation of Czechia. It is the type species of Fungocystites.

It was recombined as Fungocystis rarissimus by Haeckel (1896); it was recombined as Protocrinites rarissimus by Jaekel (1899).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Fungocystites rarissimus Barrande p. 158 figs. pl. 17, figs. 1-8,
1896Fungocystis rarissimus Haeckel p. 74 fig. 44
1899Protocrinites rarissimus Jaekel figs. pl. 3, figs. 9, 9a, pl. 4, fig. 1
1943Fungocystites rarissimus Bassler and Moodey p. 159

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
orderGlyptosphaeritida(Bernard 1895)
familyProtocrinitidaeBather 1899
genusFungocystitesBarrande 1887
speciesrarissimus

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: stationarysubp
Life habit: epifaunalsubp
Diet: suspension feedersubp
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-21 12:36:39
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:36:39
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Vinice or 459.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vinice459.3 - 457.3Czechia Fungocystites rarissimus (3864 type locality: 200045)