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Iowacystidae

Soluta - Syringocrinida - Iowacystidae

Taxonomy
Iowacystidae was named by Gill and Caster (1960). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Soluta by Kolata et al. (1977); to Syringocrinida by Noailles et al. (2014); and to Syringocrinidae by Lefebvre and Lerosey-Aubril (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Iowacystidae Gill and Caster
1967Belemnocystitidae Caster
1977Iowacystidae Kolata et al. p. 536
2014Iowacystidae Noailles et al. p. 460
2018Iowacystidae Lefebvre and Lerosey-Aubril p. 1192

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classSolutaJaekel 1900
orderSyringocrinida(Parsley and Caster 1965)
familyIowacystidaeGill and Caster 1960
familyIowacystidaeGill and Caster 1960

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.

Fm. †Iowacystidae Gill and Caster 1960
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G. †Belemnocystites Miller and Gurley 1894
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†Belemnocystites wetherbyi Miller and Gurley 1894
G. †Iowacystis Thomas and Ladd 1926
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†Iowacystis sagittaria Thomas and Ladd 1926
G. †Myeinocystites Strimple 1953
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†Myeinocystites crossmani Kolata et al. 1977
†Myeinocystites natus Strimple 1953
G. †Scalenocystites Kolata 1973
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Invalid names: Belemnocystitidae Caster 1967 [synonym]
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: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Richmondian or 471.30000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (Oklahoma) Myeinocystites natus (201757)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) Myeinocystites natus (24097 73277) Myeinocystites sp. (24103)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois) Myeinocystites natus (195615)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Myeinocystites crossmani (23403) Scalenocystites strimplei (23092) Scalenocystites strimplei, Myeinocystites crossmani (23404)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Myeinocystites crossmani (23471) Scalenocystites strimplei, Myeinocystites crossmani (23481 23486)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Belemnocystites wetherbyi (275388)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Scalenocystites strimplei (275387)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Scalenocystites strimplei, Myeinocystites crossmani (23405)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Iowa) Myeinocystites sp., Iowacystis sagittaria (26683)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Iowacystis sagittaria (23524)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) Iowacystis sagittaria (13200)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Illinois, Iowa) Iowacystis sagittaria (23534)