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Cryptozonia
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Asteroidea : Cryptozonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (9.1%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 345 - 343 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | slow-moving (based on Asteroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Asteroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Asteroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Asteroidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. P. Sladen. 1889. The Asteroidea. Report of the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Challenger 1873-1876, Zoology 30:1-935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Palaeosolasteracea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Schuchertiacea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 345 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Stenasteracea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Urasterellacea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1889 | Cryptozonia Sladen |
| 1915 | Cryptozonia Clark and Twitchell p. 28 |
| 1915 | Cryptozonia Schuchert p. 162 |
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!
