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Macrocystellidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Rhombifera : Macrocystellidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 450 - 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Rhombifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Rhombifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Rhombifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Sprinkle. 1973. Morphology and evolution of blastozoan echinoderms. Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, Special Publication | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Macrocystella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 30 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1899 | Macrocystellidae Bather |
| 1973 | Macrocystellidae Sprinkle |
| 1985 | Macrocystellidae Jell et al. p. 204 |
| 2006 | Macrocystellidae Mergl and Prokop p. 4 |
| 2009 | Macrocystellidae Zamora et al. p. 45 |
| 2016 | Macrocystellidae Paul and Rozhnov p. 261 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
