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Hemicystitidae

Edrioasteroidea - Hemicystitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Hemicystitidae Bassler
1945Hemicystitidae Regnéll
1966Hemicystitidae Regnéll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
RankNameAuthor
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
classEdrioasteroideaBillings 1858
familyHemicystitidaeBassler 1936
familyHemicystitidaeBassler 1936

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. †Hemicystitidae Bassler 1936
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G. †Anglidiscus Regnéll 1950
G. †Bassleridiscus Fisher 1951
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G. †Carneyella Forste 1916
G. †Cincinnatidiscus Bassler 1935
G. †Cystaster Hall 1871
G. †Foerstediscus Bassler 1935
G. †Hemicystites Hall 1852
G. †Lebetodiscus Bather 1908
G. †Lepidoconia Wilson 1946
G. †Timeischytes Ehlers and Kesling 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Epibiont: yesc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:42:45
Modified: 2010-02-16 01:51:32
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Arenig to the top of the Late/Upper Devonian or 478.60000 to 358.90000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Morocco Hemicystites sp. (20979)
Dobrotiva466.0 - 460.9Czech Republic Hemicystites sp. (3859)
Letna - Harnagian460.9 - 455.8Czech Republic Hemicystites bohemicus, Hemicystites velatus (3861)
Berounian460.9 - 449.5Morocco Hemicystites sp. (21001)
Blackriveran460.9 - 449.5USA (Oklahoma) Foerstediscus sp. (24101 24102 24103)
Blackriveran460.9 - 449.5USA (New York) Bassleridiscus mohawkensis (76145)
Blackriveran460.9 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) Foerstediscus grandis (55999)
Blackriveran460.9 - 449.5USA (Illinois, Iowa) Hemicystites paulianus (23449)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian460.9 - 449.5USA (Illinois, Iowa) Hemicystites curtus, Hemicystites paulianus (23454)
Chatfieldian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) Hemicystites billingsi (26263)
Edenian460.9 - 449.5USA (Ohio) Cincinnatidiscus sp. (386) Cystaster sp. (384)
Kirkfieldian460.9 - 449.5USA (Illinois, Iowa) Hemicystites curtus, Hemicystites paulianus (23460) Hemicystites paulianus (23465)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian460.9 - 449.5USA (Illinois, Iowa) Hemicystites curtus, Hemicystites paulianus (23457)
Rocklandian - Shermanian460.9 - 449.5USA (Minnesota) Hemicystites curtus, Hemicystites paulianus (23402)
Shermanian460.9 - 449.5USA (Minnesota) Hemicystites paulianus (23403)
Shermanian460.9 - 449.5USA (Illinois, Iowa) Hemicystites paulianus (23470)
Shermanian460.9 - 449.5USA (Iowa, Illinois) Hemicystites paulianus (23469)
Trentonian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) Cystaster sp. (401)
Turinian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Quebec) Lebetodiscus dicksoni (195625)
Sandbian458.4 - 453.0Czech Republic Hemicystites sp. (3856)
Zahorany - Late/Upper Ordovician457.5 - 443.4Czech Republic Hemicystites sp. (3865)
Katian453.0 - 445.2USA (Iowa) Hemicystites sp. (138446)
Maysvillian452.0 - 449.5USA (Ohio) Carneyella sp., Cincinnatidiscus sp., Cystaster sp. (388)
Maysville452.0 - 445.6USA (Ohio) Carneyella sp. (350)
Maysvillian - Ashgill452.0 - 443.7USA (Ohio) Carneyella sp. (390) Carneyella sp., Cincinnatidiscus sp. (389)
Richmond449.5 - 445.6USA (Indiana) Carneyella sp. (400)
Richmond - Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Ohio) Hemicystites sp. (392)
Richmondian449.5 - 443.7USA (Ohio) Carneyella foerstei (5326)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Ohio) Carneyella sp., Cincinnatidiscus sp., Hemicystites sp. (394) Hemicystites sp. (393)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Canada (Ontario) Hemicystites sp. (26855)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (New York) Hemicystites parasiticus (12936) Hemicystites parasiticus, Hemicystites sp. (26854)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany Timeischytes prescheri (188768)
Late/Upper Devonian382.7 - 358.9USA (Iowa) Timeischytes sp. (666)