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Cystihalysites

Anthozoa - Halysitida - Halysitidae

Taxonomy
Cystihalysites was named by Chernyshev (1941) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-m S Ludl Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Halysites (Cystihalysites) by McAllister (1974).

It was assigned to Halysites by McAllister (1974); to Halysitinae by Murray (1985); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Cystihalysites Chernyshev
1974Halysites (Cystihalysites) McAllister p. 8
1985Cystihalysites Murray p. 36
2002Cystihalysites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
RankNameAuthor
orderHalysitidaSokolov 1947
familyHalysitidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
subfamilyHalysitinaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
genusCystihalysitesChernyshev 1941

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.

G. †Cystihalysites Chernyshev 1941
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Cystihalysites deplanatus Volkova et al. 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Grouping: colonialsubc
Environment: marinesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindsubc
Created: 2026-03-22 15:03:14
Modified: 2026-03-22 15:03:14
Source: subc = subclass
References: Kiessling 2004, Hill 1981

Age range: base of the Clinton to the top of the Pridoli or 440.10000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.1 - 438.6Russian Federation (Siberia) C. mirabilis (206541 206542)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation (Yakutiya) C. deplanatus (79512) C. murabilis (79416)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (25657)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7Canada (Quebec) C. sp. 1 (79164)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Kentucky) C. nexus (5676)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (25483 25660)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Canada (Quebec) C. amplitubulatus (730 732)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (111658)
Silurian - Devonian443.1 - 358.86Canada (Northwest Territories) C. sp. (25432)
Clinton440.1 - 439.4Canada (British Columbia) C. sp. (5143 5144 5145 5147 5149 5152)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Russian Federation (Siberia) C. mirabilis (206347)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) C. sp. (77260)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (New Brunswick) C. sp. (12556)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Russian Federation C. sp. (23498)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) C. cavernosus (61764)
Sheinwoodian - Homerian432.9 - 426.7Sweden C. blakewayensis, C. cavernosus (61773) C. cavernosus (61767 61768 61771)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Siberia) C. mirabilis (206378 206379)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) C. westwoodensis (79881)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (California) Halysites sp. (225993)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Russian Federation (Yakutiya) C. liber (79475 79477)
Sheinwoodian - Ludfordian432.9 - 422.7Canada (Quebec) C. amplitubulatus (731)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Quebec) C. amplitubulata (71477)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7Canada (Nunavut) C. sp. (111656)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) C. sp. (228315)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (23057)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Belarus C. sp. (23662)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Alaska) C. sp. (100899 100900)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Belarus C. sp. (23658)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Ukraine C. mirabilis (23482 79781)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Venezuela C. brownsportensis (25626)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62Ukraine C. mirabilis (23427)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7USA (Indiana) C. sp., C. magnituba (6706)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Sweden C. sp. (61756)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (Pennsylvania) C. sp. (24948)