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Implicaticystis symmetricus

Paracrinoidea - Comarocystitida - Comarocystitidae

Taxonomy
Implicaticystis symmetricus was named by Frest and Strimple (1982). Its type specimen is SUI 39522, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Roadcut along Interstate Highway 55 at Barnhart, which is in a Chatfieldian carbonate limestone in the Kimmswick Formation of Missouri.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Implicaticystis symmetricus Frest and Strimple pp. 368 - 370 figs. Text-fig. 1B; Plate 1, figs. 1-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classParacrinoideaRegnell 1945
orderComarocystitidaParsley and Mintz 1975
familyComarocystitidae(Bather 1899)
genusImplicaticystis
speciessymmetricus

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.

Implicaticystis symmetricus Frest and Strimple 1982
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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: stationaryc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:34:01
Modified: 2010-02-15 03:08:24
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Chatfieldian or 453.80000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Missouri) Implicaticystis symmetricus (13157)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Missouri) Implicaticystis symmetricus (type locality: 227654)