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Holocystitidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Diploporita : Holocystitidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 445 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 427 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | C. R. C. Paul. 1971. Revision of the Holocystites fauna (Diploporita) of North America. Fieldiana Geology 24:1-166 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Holocystites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 42 | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 433 Ma Silurian | |
Paulicystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 439 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
Pentacystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 439 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
Pustulocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 439 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
Trematocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 439 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1889 | Holocystitidae Miller |
1971 | Holocystitidae Paul |
2010 | Holocystitidae Jell p. 37 |
2017 | Holocystitidae Sheffield and Sumrall |
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!