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Platycystitida
Taxonomy
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Platycystitida Sepkoski |
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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.
Or. †Platycystitida
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Fm. †Bistomiacystitidae Sprinkle and Parsley 1982
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G. †Bistomiacystis
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†Bistomiacystis globosa Sprinkle and Parsley 1982
†Bistomiacystis schrantzi Sumrall and Deline 2009
Fm. †Malocystitidae Bather 1899
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Fm. †Platycystitidae Parsley and Mintz 1975
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G. †Canadocystis Jaekel 1900
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†Canadocystis barrandei Billings 1858
†Canadocystis emmonsi Hudson 1905
†Canadocystis tennesseensis Parsley and Mintz 1975
Invalid names: Sigmacystis Hudson 1911 [synonym]
Subfm. †Platycystitinae Parsley and Mintz 1975
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G. †Globulocystites Frest et al. 1979
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†Globulocystites infundus Frest 1977
†Globulocystites rotundatus Frest et al. 1979
G. †Platycystites Miller 1889
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†Platycystites cristatus Bassler 1943
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Invalid names: Platycystites bromidensis Bassler 1943 [synonym], Platycystites fimbriatus Bassler 1943 [synonym]
†Platycystites faberi Miller 1889
†Platycystites levatus Bassler 1943
†Platycystites ovalis Frest et al. 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Chatfieldian or 470.00000 to 451.00000 Ma
Collections (40 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Ordovician | USA (Kentucky) | Globulocystites sp., Canadocystis tennesseensis (124619) | |
| Chazyan | Canada (Quebec) | Canadocystis barrandei, Canadocystis emmonsi (197279) Canadocystis sp., Malocystites sp. (311 435) Malocystites murchisoni (80006 172209 197217) Malocystites sp. (307) | |
| Chazyan | USA (New York) | Malocystites emmonsi (172240 172318 172319 172336) Malocystites emmonsi, Malocystites murchisoni (172331) Malocystites indet. (42809) Malocystites murchisoni (56184 172322 172335) | |
| Chazyan | USA (Tennessee) | Canadocystis tennesseensis (197214) | |
| Chazyan | Canada (Ontario) | Malocystites murchisoni (172204 172356) | |
| Soudleyan - Marshbrookian | USA (Kentucky) | Bistomiacystis schrantzi (190385) | |
| Caradoc | USA (Tennessee) | Platycystites faberi (197204 197206 197207) | |
| Ashbyan | USA (Tennessee) | Canadocystis tennesseensis (195569) | |
| Ashbyan | USA (Virginia) | Globulocystites rotundatus (196809) Globulocystites rotundatus, Platycystites faberi (164380) Platycystites faberi (197208) | |
| Ashbyan - Blackriveran | USA (Tennessee) | Canadocystis tennesseensis (197213) Platycystites faberi (197205) | |
| Blackriveran | USA (Oklahoma) | Bistomiacystis globosa (227645) Platycystites sp. (24101 24103 24104) Platycystites sp., Bistomiacystis sp. (24102) Platycystites sp., Platycystites bassleri, Globulocystites cristatus, Platycystites levatus, Platycystites fimbriatus, Platycystites bromidensis (23990) Platycystites sp., Platycystites faberi, Platycystites infundus, Globulocystites infundus (24095) | |
| Blackriveran | USA (Tennessee) | Canadocystis tennesseensis (197212) | |
| Trentonian | USA (Missouri) | Wellerocystis kimmswickensis (13157) | |
| Chatfieldian | USA (Missouri) | Wellerocystis kimmswickensis (154953) |