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Monocycloides oelandicus

Cyclocystoidea - Cyclocystoididae

Taxonomy
Monocycloides oelandicus was named by Berg-Madsen (1987). Its type specimen is Holotype RM Ec27420, paratypes RM Ec27421-27426 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lepidurus unit, Hälludden cliff section, which is in a Volkhov deep subtidal shelf grainstone/marl in the Langevoja limestone Formation of Sweden. It is the type species of Monocycloides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Monocycloides oelandicus Berg-Madsen pp. 109-112 figs. text-fig. 3, pl. 15 figs 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classCyclocystoideaMiller and Gurley 1895
familyCyclocystoididaeMiller 1882
genusMonocycloides
speciesoelandicus

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.

Monocycloides oelandicus Berg-Madsen 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Volkhov or 471.80000 to 468.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Volkhov471.8 - 468.1Sweden (Kalmar) Monocycloides oelandicus (type locality: 99481)