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Minervaecystidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Soluta : Syringocrinida : Minervaecystidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 501 - 485 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 478 - 470 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | B. Lefebvre and R. Lerosey-Aubril. 2018. Laurentian origin of solutan echinoderms: new evidence from the Guzhangian (Cambrian Series 3) Weeks Formation of Utah, USA. Geological Magazine 155(5):1190-1204 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Minervaecystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1967 | Minervaecystidae Ubaghs and Caster p. S606 |
| 2014 | Minervaecystidae Noailles et al. p. 460 |
| 2018 | Minervaecystidae Lefebvre and Lerosey-Aubril p. 1192 |
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!
