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Dendrocystitidae

Soluta - Dendrocystitida - Dendrocystitidae

Taxonomy
Dendrocystitidae was named by Bassler (1938).

It was assigned to Soluta by Regnéll (1945), Parsley and Sumrall (2007); and to Dendrocystitida by Noailles et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Dendrocystitidae Bassler
1945Dendrocystitidae Regnéll
2007Dendrocystitidae Parsley and Sumrall
2014Dendrocystitidae Noailles et al. p. 461

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classSolutaJaekel 1900
orderDendrocystitida
familyDendrocystitidaeBassler 1938
familyDendrocystitidaeBassler 1938

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. †Dendrocystitidae Bassler 1938
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G. †Claritacarpus Parsley and Sumrall 2007
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Claritacarpus smithi Parsley and Sumrall 2007
G. †Dendrocystites Barrande 1887
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Dendrocystites barrandei Bather 1913
Dendrocystites sedgwicki Barrande 1887
G. †Maennilia Rozhnov and Jefferies 1996
Invalid names: Girvanicystidae [empty], Maennilidae [empty], Rutroclypeidae [empty]
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 Zahorany to the top of the Lochkovian or 459.30000 to 413.02000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2United Kingdom (Wales) Dendrocystites sp. (230215)
Letna - Harnagian463.3 - 457.2Czechia Dendrocystites sedgwicki (3861)
Berounian459.7 - 450.1Spain (Cuidad Real) Dendrocystites n. sp. (197248)
Berounian459.7 - 450.1Czechia Dendrocystites barrandei (197259)
Zahorany - Late/Upper Ordovician459.3 - 443.1Czechia Dendrocystites batheri (3865)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) Dendrocystites paradoxocus (76092)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Quebec) Dendrocystites paradoxicus (185477)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (New York) Dendrocystites paradoxocus (76091) Dendrocystites sp. (337)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Dendrocystoides scoticus (73134)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Australia (Victoria) Rutroclypeus junori (25678)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Oklahoma) Claritacarpus smithi (154333)