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Concavocycloides frasniensis

Cyclocystoidea - Apycnodiscidae

Taxonomy
Concavocycloides frasniensis was named by Boczarowski (2001). Its type specimen is Holotype: GIUS 4-610 Szg./548/2 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Layer 6, Szczukowskie Gorki, which is in a Frasnian carbonate limestone in Poland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Concavocycloides frasniensis Boczarowski p. 68 figs. Pl. 9: 23, Text-fig. 24A-C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classCyclocystoideaMiller and Gurley 1895
familyApycnodiscidae
genusConcavocycloides
speciesfrasniensis

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.

Concavocycloides frasniensis Boczarowski 2001
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Boczarowski 2001Marginals with large, rectangular wings. Apertures always with two clearly marked facet canals on the ventral side which open into a weakly to strongly marked crown lacking a central depression. Apertures at the centre of the crown are either irregular or in a meandering arrangement.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-05-17 02:20:57
Modified: 2009-10-06 09:19:17
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Frasnian or 382.40000 to 379.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5Poland Concavocycloides frasniensis (type locality: 99445)