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Glyptocystidae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Rhombifera : Dichoporita : Glyptocystidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 452 - 445 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) | T. E. Guensburg. 1984. Echinodermata of the Middle Ordovician Lebanon Limestone, central Tennessee. Bulletins of American Paleontology 86(319):1-100 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Tanaocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 12 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1899 | Glyptocystidae Bather |
1984 | Glyptocystidae Guensburg |
References
Guensburg T. E. (1984) Echinodermata of the Middle Ordovician Lebanon Limestone, central Tennessee, Bulletins of American Paleontology 86 319, 1-100 |
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!