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Sinocystis
Taxonomy
Sinocystis is a genus. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Diploporita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aristocystitidae by Paul et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Diploporita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aristocystitidae by Paul et al. (2019).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2002 | Sinocystis Sepkoski |
2019 | Sinocystis Paul et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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C. R. C. Paul et al. 2019 | A genus of Aristocystitidae with a large, globular theca, four ambulacral facets, thecal plates of several generations all bearing conspicuous diplopores which may open externally in tubercles or sunken peripores in the same individual. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
References: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007 |
Age range: Late/Upper Llanvirn or 463.50000 to 460.90000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Ordovician | Thailand | S. loczyi (191371) | |
Early/Lower Llanvirn | China (Guizhou) | S. sp. (7638) | |
Early/Lower Llanvirn | China (Yunnan) | S. sp. (5423 5427 7290) | |
Llanvirn | China (SiChuan) | S. sp. (7951) | |
Darriwilian | Iran | S. loczyi (66865) S. sp. (186095) | |
Late/Upper Llanvirn | China (Yunnan) | S. sp. (7283) | |
Late/Upper Llanvirn | China (Guizhou) | S. sp. (5142) | |
Llandeilo | China (Guizhou) | S. sp. (5141) |