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Malocystitidae
Taxonomy
Malocystidae was named by Bather (1899).
It was corrected as Malocystitidae by Bassler (1938), Bassler (1950) and Parsley and Mintz (1975).
It was assigned to Paracrinoidea by Bassler (1938) and Bassler (1950); and to Platycystitida by Parsley and Mintz (1975).
It was corrected as Malocystitidae by Bassler (1938), Bassler (1950) and Parsley and Mintz (1975).
It was assigned to Paracrinoidea by Bassler (1938) and Bassler (1950); and to Platycystitida by Parsley and Mintz (1975).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1938 | Malocystitidae Bassler |
| 1950 | Malocystitidae Bassler p. 271 |
| 1975 | Malocystitidae Parsley and Mintz p. 83 |
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Fm. †Malocystitidae Bather 1899
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. L. Parsley and L. W. Mintz 1975 | Platycystitids with branched subvective structures which spread over the generally inflated theca |