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Gyrocystidae

Cincta - Gyrocystidae

Taxonomy
Gyrocystidae was named by Jaekel (1918).

It was assigned to Cincta by Beaver et al. (1967), Fatka and Kordule (2001); and to Cincta by Zamora and Alvaro (2010).

Subtaxa
Asturicystis, Graciacystis, Gyrocystis (syn. Decacystis), Progyrocystis, Sotocinctus
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2006-12-06; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2024-01-04

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Gyrocystidae Jaekel
1967Gyrocystidae Beaver et al. p. S580
2001Gyrocystidae Fatka and Kordule p. 192
2010Gyrocystidae Zamora and Alvaro p. 1352

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classCincta(Jaekel 1918)
familyGyrocystidaeJaekel 1918
familyGyrocystidaeJaekel 1918

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.

Fm. †Gyrocystidae Jaekel 1918
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G. †Asturicystis Sdzuy 1993
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†Asturicystis jaekeli Sdzuy 1993
G. †Graciacystis Zamora et al. 2013
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†Graciacystis ambigua Zamora et al. 2013
G. †Gyrocystis Jaekel 1918
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†Gyrocystis badulesiensis Friedrich 1993
†Gyrocystis barrandei Munier-Chalmas et al. 1889
†Gyrocystis cruzae Gil Cid and Domínguez Alonso 1995
†Gyrocystis erecta Friedrich 1993
†Gyrocystis platessa Jaekel 1918
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Invalid names: Gyrocystis hispanica Gislen 1927 [synonym], Gyrocystis praeellipticus Termier and Termier 1973 [synonym]
†Gyrocystis testudiformis Friedrich 1993
Invalid names: Decacystis [synonym]
G. †Progyrocystis Friedrich 1993
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†Progyrocystis disjuncta Friedrich 1993
G. †Sotocinctus Sdzuy 1993
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†Sotocinctus ubaghsi Sdzuy 1993
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Invalid names: Sotocinctus planus Sdzuy 1993 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2022-12-08 19:35:59
Modified: 2022-12-08 19:36:58
Source: o = order, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Raman et al. 2015

Age range: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Menevian or 506.50000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Solvan508.2 - 504.5Spain (Zaragoza) Gyrocystis platessa (90553)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Spain (León) Gyrocystis platessa (199045) Gyrocystis sp. L (90554 199042 199044)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Spain (Aragon) Gyrocystis erecta (198937)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Spain (Asurias) Decacystis hispanica (198906)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Spain Asturicystis jaekeli (198919) Gyrocystis badulesiensis (198934) Gyrocystis erecta, Gyrocystis badulesiensis (198933) Sotocinctus ubaghsi (198918)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Spain (Zaragoza) Gyrocystis n. sp. A, Gyrocystis platessa, Gyrocystis testudiformis (198915) Gyrocystis platessa (198910 198912 198913) Gyrocystis testudiformis (198911 198914 198916) Progyrocystis disjuncta (198935) Sotocinctus ubaghsi (198909)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Decacystis praeellipticus (199485 199486) Gyrocystis platessa (198923 198927)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0Spain (Zaragoza) Gyrocystis platessa (141553 141554)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Spain (Aragon) Graciacystis ambigua (196973 196974 196975)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Spain (Zaragoza) Gyrocystis platessa (192403)