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Australocystidae
Taxonomy
Australocystidae was named by Caster (1954). Its type is Australocystis.
It was assigned to Anomalocystitida by Beaver et al. (1967).
It was assigned to Anomalocystitida by Beaver et al. (1967).
Subtaxa
Australocystis (type genus), Placocystella
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1954 | Australocystidae Caster |
| 1967 | Australocystidae Beaver et al. p. S555 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Emsian | South Africa | Placocystella capensis (35582 35587) Placocystella capensis, Placocystella sp. (a), Placocystella sp. (b), Placocystella sp. (c) (35578) | |
| Eifelian | South Africa | Placocystella capensis (35592 35593) | |
| Eifelian - Givetian | Brazil (Parana) | Australocystis sp. (37144) |