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Mespilocystites ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Coronoidea : Mespilocystites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 446 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | 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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| Mespilocystites lemenni ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Mespilocystites tregarvanicus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1900 | Mespilocystites Balher |
| 1983 | Mespilocystites Brett et al. |
| 1996 | Mespilocystites Gutiérrez-Marco et al. |
| 2002 | Mespilocystites Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2015 | Mespilocystites McDermott and Paul |
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!
