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Trematocystis

Holocystitidae

Taxonomy
Trematocystis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Diploporita by Sepkoski (2002); and to Holocystitidae by Jell (2010) and Sheffield and Sumrall (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Trematocystis Sepkoski
2010Trematocystis Jell p. 37
2017Trematocystis Sheffield and Sumrall

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
superfamilySphaeronitidaNeumayr 1889
familyHolocystitidaeMiller 1889
genusTrematocystis

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.

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Trematocystis magniporatus Frest et al. 2011
Trematocystis wrighti Jell 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationarysubp
Life habit: epifaunalsubp
Diet: suspension feedersubp
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-21 12:36:39
Modified: 2009-09-21 14:36:39
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Sheinwoodian to the top of the Ludlow or 433.40000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5USA (Indiana) T. sp. (26798 26807)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5USA (Indiana) T. magniporatus (26805 192898 230552)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Australia (New South Wales) T. wrighti (201149)