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Ctenocystoida ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | order (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Ctenocystoidea : Ctenocystoida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 505 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 507 - 499 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. Ubaghs and R. A. Robison. 1988. Homalozoan echinoderms of the Wheeler Formation (Middle Cambrian) of western Utah. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, Paper 120:1-17 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Ctenocystidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 11 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 507 Ma Cambrian | |
Courtessolea ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1988 | Ctenocystoida Ubaghs and Robison |
2009 | Ctenocystoida Rahman and Clausen p. 415 |
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!