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Gomphocystitidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Diploporita : Gomphocystitidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 433 - 423 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Diploporita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Diploporita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Diploporita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | G. Regnéll. 1945. Non-Crinoid Pelmatozoa from the Paleozoic of Sweden. Meddelanden från Lunds Geologisk-Mineralogiska Institution 108:1-255 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Celticystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Gomphocystites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 12 | 443 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
Pyrocystites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1938 | Gomphocystitidae Bassler |
2006 | Gomphocystitidae Mergl and Prokop p. 14 |
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!