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Ceratocystis

Stylophora - Cornuta - Ceratocystidae

Taxonomy
Ceratocystis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ceratocystidae by Beaver et al. (1967); and to Cornuta by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Ceratocystis Beaver et al. p. S547
2002Ceratocystis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classStylophoraGill and Caster 1960
orderCornutaJaekel 1901
familyCeratocystidaeJaekel 1901
genusCeratocystis

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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†Ceratocystis perneri Jaekel 1901
†Ceratocystis prosthiakida Rahman et al. 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 12:03:33
Modified: 2004-02-29 14:05:29
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Menevian or 509.00000 to 499.50000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Czech Republic (Bohemia) C. perneri (67708 67709 67738)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Spain (Zaragoza) C. sp. (90553)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Bohemia) C. perneri (67775)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Středočeský) C. perneri (196730 196731 196733)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Central Boemian) C. sp. (76456)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic C. perneri (198920 199039)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Germany (Bayern) C. prosthiakida (97598)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Spain (León) C. sp. B (199042 199044)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) C. vizcainoi (198923 198927)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Czech Republic (Jince) C. sp. (76481 76484)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Spain (Zaragoza) C. sp. (192403)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Spain (Aragon) C. sp. (196974)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Czech Republic (Středočeský) C. perneri (186256)