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Kirkocystidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Stylophora : Mitrata : Kirkocystidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 445 - 443 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | passively mobile (based on Mitrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Stylophora) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Mitrata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. D. Sumrall, J. Sprinkle, and T. E. Guensburg, B. F. Dattilo,. 2012. Early Ordovician Mitrates and A Possible Solute (Echinodermata) from the Western United States. Journal of Paleontology 86(4):595-604 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Anatiferocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Anatifopsis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 28 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Balanocystites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Sagittacystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1952 | Kirkocystidae Caster |
| 1991 | Kirkocystidae Kolata et al. p. 849 |
| 1991 | Kirkocystidae Parsley p. 38 |
| 2000 | Kirkocystidae Parsley et al. p. 38 |
| 2001 | Kirkocystidae Lefebvre |
| 2006 | Kirkocystidae Lee et al. p. 1081 |
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!
