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Nimchacystis

Soluta - Syringocrinida - Minervaecystidae

Taxonomy
Nimchacystis was named by Dupichaud et al. (2023). Its type is Nimchacystis agterbosi.

It was assigned to Minervaecystidae by Dupichaud et al. (2023).

Species
N. agterbosi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2023Nimchacystis Dupichaud et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classSolutaJaekel 1900
orderSyringocrinida(Parsley and Caster 1965)
familyMinervaecystidaeUbaghs and Caster 1967
genusNimchacystis

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. †Nimchacystis Dupichaud et al. 2023
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†Nimchacystis agterbosi Dupichaud et al. 2023
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Tremadocian or 486.85000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Morocco N. agterbosi (235487 235488)