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Diploporita
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| Rank | class (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Diploporita | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 8 (5.6%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Diploporita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Diploporita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Diploporita) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: Low-intermediate level tiering according to Bottjer & Ausich (1986); placed in intermediate-level epifaunal tier. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aristocystitoida ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 75 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Glyptosphaeritida superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 19 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Glyptosphaeritidacea ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 41 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Seriolata ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Sphaeronitida ✝ superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 54 | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 427 Ma Silurian | |
| Parasphaeronitiidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Sphaeronitidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 92 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Allocystites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 439 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Amphoracystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Archegocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Asteroblastus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Asterocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Baculocystites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Barbieria ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Batalleria ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Brightonicystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Bulbocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Campylostoma ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Codiacystis genus | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Dactylocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Destombesia ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Estonocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Hippocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Mesocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Metasterocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pachycalix ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pemphocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Proterocystites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Pseudaristocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Revalocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Tholocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1854 | Diploporita Müller |
| 1984 | Diploporita Bockelie |
| 2002 | Diploporita Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2010 | Diploporita Jell p. 35 |
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!
