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Glyptocystitida

Rhombifera

Taxonomy
Glyptocystitida was named by Bather (1899). Its type is Glyptocystitidae.

It was reranked as the superfamily Glyptocystitida by Beaver et al. (1967); it was reranked as the superfamily Glyptocystitidacea by Mergl and Prokop (2006); it was reranked as the superfamily Glyptocystitoida by Paul and Rozhnov (2016).

It was assigned to Rhombifera by Regnéll (1945); to Cystoidea by Ubaghs (1999); and to Rhombifera by Beaver et al. (1967), Mergl and Prokop (2006), Zuykov et al. (2008), Paul and Rozhnov (2016) and Zamora et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Glyptocystitida Bather
1945Glyptocystitida Regnéll
1967Glyptocystitida Beaver et al. p. S169
1999Glyptocystitida Ubaghs p. 816
2006Glyptocystitidacea Mergl and Prokop p. 4
2008Glyptocystitida Zuykov et al.
2016Glyptocystitoida Paul and Rozhnov pp. 269 - 261
2017Glyptocystitida Zamora et al. p. 468

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
orderRhombiferaZittel 1879
orderGlyptocystitidaBather 1899
orderGlyptocystitidaBather 1899

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.

Or. †Glyptocystitida Bather 1899
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Fm. †Barroubiocystidae Ubaghs 1999
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G. †Barroubiocystis Ubaghs 1999
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Barroubiocystis radiata Ubaghs 1999
G. †Velieuxicystis Ubaghs 1999
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Velieuxicystis ornata Ubaghs 1999
G. †Lemoneites Flower 1969
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Lemoneites mirabilis Flower 1969
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Invalid names: Lemoneites ambiguus Flower 1969 [synonym], Lemoneites gomphocaudatus Flower 1969 [synonym], Lemoneites simplex Flower 1969 [synonym]
G. †Sanducystis Zamora et al. 2017
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Sanducystis sinensis Zamora et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:36:13
Modified: 2010-02-15 06:45:28
Source: o = order, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Taoyuanian to the top of the Katian or 498.50000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian - Niuchehean498.5 - 485.4China (Guangxi) Sanducystis sinensis (129689)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Utah) Glyptocystitida indet. (180739)
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Texas) Lemoneites mirabilis, Lemoneites gomphocaudatus, Lemoneites ambiguus, Lemoneites simplex (210611)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Portugal (Aveiro) Glyptocystitida indet. (182918)