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Belemnocystites wetherbyi

Soluta - Syringocrinida - Iowacystidae

Taxonomy
Belemnocystites wetherbyi was named by Miller and Gurley (1894). Its type specimen is FMNH UC 6046 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is High Bridge, Curdsville Belemnocystites type locality, which is in a Trentonian deep subtidal ramp grainstone/packstone in the Lexington Limestone Formation of Kentucky. It is the type species of Belemnocystites.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Belemnocystites wetherbyi Miller and Gurley p. 9 figs. pl. 1, figs. 4-6
1977Belemnocystites wetherbyi Kolata et al. p. 551

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classSolutaJaekel 1900
orderSyringocrinida(Parsley and Caster 1965)
familyIowacystidaeGill and Caster 1960
genusBelemnocystitesMiller and Gurley 1894
specieswetherbyiMiller and Gurley 1894

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.

Belemnocystites wetherbyi Miller and Gurley 1894
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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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: Trentonian or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Belemnocystites wetherbyi (type locality: 275388)