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Ctenocystis colodon

Ctenocystoidea - Ctenocystoida - Ctenocystidae

Taxonomy
Ctenocystis colodon was named by Ubaghs and Robison (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 423874 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North-facing slope, Drum Mountain, which is in a Marjumian deep subtidal ramp mudstone in the Wheeler Shale Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Ctenocystis colodon Ubaghs and Robison p. 4 figs. 1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
classCtenocystoidea
orderCtenocystoida
familyCtenocystidae
genusCtenocystis
speciescolodon

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.

Ctenocystis colodon Ubaghs and Robison 1988
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Ubaghs and R. A. Robison 1988Ctenocystis with relatively short anterior process on anterolateral inframarginal plates. Suboral plates with little or no posterior projection over infracentralia. Suroral plate relatively short.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2022-12-08 21:53:20
Modified: 2022-12-08 21:53:20
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Rahman and Clausen 2009

Age range: Marjumian or 504.50000 to 497.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Ctenocystis colodon (type locality: 201599)