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Durhamicystis
Taxonomy
Durhamicystis was named by Zamora et al. (2020). Its type is Durhamicystis americana.
It was assigned to Rhipidocystidae by Zamora et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Rhipidocystidae by Zamora et al. (2020).
Species
D. americana (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2020 | Durhamicystis Zamora et al. |
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G. †Durhamicystis Zamora et al. 2020
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†Durhamicystis americana Zamora et al. 2020
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| S. Zamora et al. 2020 | Rhipidocystid with large theca composed of ten marginal plates with only two basals on the posterior side. Two ambulacra corresponding to BC and DE unsplit rays. Seven large oral plates with brachioles attached either on orals or smaller flooring plates. Brachioles between 22 and 26, biserial, long, slender, and showing a cryptic suture between paired brachiolars. Anal pyramid lateral aligned with the BC ray, hydropore between O1–O7, and gonopore within O1. |
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992 | |||||