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Dendrocystitida ✝
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| Rank | order (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Soluta : Dendrocystitida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 456 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 419 - 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Blastozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Blastozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | F. Noailles, B. Lefebvre, and L. Kasicka. 2014. A probable case of heterochrony in the solutan Dendrocystites Barrande, 1887 (Echinodermata: Blastozoa) from the Upper Ordovician of the Prague Basin (Czech Republic) and a revision of the family Dendrocystitidae Bassler, 1938. Bulletin of Geosciences 89(3):451-476 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Girvanicystidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Maennilidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Rutroclypeidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Claritacarpus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Dehmicystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Dendrocystites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 8 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Dendrocystoides ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Girvanicystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Heckericystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Maennilia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Rutroclypeus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 427 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1938 | Dendrocystitidae Bassler |
| 1945 | Dendrocystitidae Regnéll |
| 2007 | Dendrocystitidae Parsley and Sumrall |
| 2014 | Dendrocystitida Noailles et al. p. 461 |
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!
