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Revalocystis kearsargensis

Glyptosphaeritida - Dactylocystidae

Taxonomy
Strobilocystites kearsargensis was named by Stauffer (1930). Its type specimen is UCMP 33027 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kearsarge section, bed 12 of Stauffer 1930, which is in a Silurian carbonate limestone in the Vaughn Gulch Formation of California.

It was recombined as Revalocystis kearsargensis by Paul (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Strobilocystites kearsargensis Stauffer p. 108 figs. Plate 14, figures 1 and 2
1968Revalocystis kearsargensis Paul pp. 413-415 figs. Plate 14, b, d, g, j ; and Fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
orderGlyptosphaeritida(Bernard 1895)
familyDactylocystidaeJaekel 1899
genusRevalocystis
specieskearsargensis()

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.

†Revalocystis kearsargensis Stauffer 1930
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. R. C. Paul 1968A species of Revalocystis with deep ambulacral grooves and very
few diplopores.
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: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Silurian or 443.10000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (California) Strobilocystites kearsargensis (type locality: 229257)