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Vyscystis ubaghsi

Lepidocystoidea - Lepidocystidae

Taxonomy
Vyscystis ubaghsi was named by Fatka and Kordule (1990). Its type specimen is L28664 (theca) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vystrkov Hill, Vinice and Felbabka, Jince, which is in a Cambrian coastal shale in the Jince Formation of the Czech Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Vyscystis ubaghsi Fatka and Kordule pp. 316, 320 figs. pls I–II, figs 1, 2.
2019Vyscystis ubaghsi Nohejlová et al. figs. 2, 3, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classLepidocystoideaDurham 1967
familyLepidocystidaeDurham 1967
genusVyscystisFatka and Kordule 1990
speciesubaghsi

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Vyscystis ubaghsi Fatka and Kordule 1990
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Fatka and V. Kordule 1990Eocrinoids with irregular multiplated cylindrical to conical theca; aboral portion of theca ( = calyx and holdfast) composed of adorally imbricate plates without epispires; oral surface composed of adjacent plates bearing large epispires. Ambulacral system confined to oral surface, composed of unbranched biserial brachioles, probably five in number.
M. Nohejlová et al. 2019Body wall composed of two
parts – aboral cup and oral surface. Cone-shaped aboral
cup composed of adorally overlapping imbricate plates,
without epispires. Flattened tessellate oral surface made
of numerous adjacent polygonal plates, bearing epispires.
Curved ambulacra showing a 2-1-2 pattern, extended over oral surface toward lateral edge. Coiled brachioles mounted unilaterally to ambulacral ray. Mouth close to centre of oral surface.