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Macrocystella mariae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)151350https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=151350
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Rhombifera : Macrocystellidae : Macrocystella : Macrocystella mariae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermataKlein 1754
subphylumBlastozoaSprinkle 1973
classRhombiferaZittel 1879
superfamilyGlyptocystitoidaBather 1899
familyMacrocystellidaeBather 1899
genusMacrocystellaCallaway 1877
speciesMacrocystella mariaeCallaway 1877
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Macrocystella mariaespeciesbelongs to Macrocystellastated with evidenceCallaway, 1877
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance485 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance478 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Environmentmarine (based on Echinodermata)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Macrocystella)
Visionblind (based on Rhombifera)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Macrocystella)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. Callaway. 1877. On a new area of Upper Cambrian rocks in south Shropshire, with a description of a new fauna. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 33(1-4):652-672

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1877Macrocystella mariae Callaway p. 670 figs. pl. 24 f. 13
1973Macrocystella mariae Sprinkle

References

Callaway C. On a new area of Upper Cambrian rocks in south Shropshire, with a description of a new fauna, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 33 1-4, 652-672
Sprinkle J. (1973) Morphology and evolution of blastozoan echinoderms, Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, Special Publication, 1-283
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!
 
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