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Undatacinctus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)371088https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=371088
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Cincta : Sucocystidae : Undatacinctus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermataKlein 1754
classCincta
familySucocystidaeFriedrich 1993
genusUndatacinctusSmith and Zamora 2009
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Undatacinctusgenusbelongs to Sucocystidaestated with evidenceSmith and Zamora, 2009
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Last Recorded Appearance513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Environmentmarine (based on Echinodermata)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. B. Smith and S. Zamora. 2009. Rooting phylogenies of problematic fossil taxa; a case study using cinctans (stem-group echinoderms). Palaeontology 52(4):803-821

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Undatacinctus acrofera
species
listed (PBDB)2513 Ma
Cambrian
513 Ma
Cambrian
Undatacinctus melendezi
species
listed (PBDB)9513 Ma
Cambrian
513 Ma
Cambrian
Undatacinctus quadricornuta
species
listed (PBDB)1513 Ma
Cambrian
513 Ma
Cambrian
Undatacinctus undata
species
listed (PBDB)1513 Ma
Cambrian
513 Ma
Cambrian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2009Undatacinctus Smith and Zamora p. 816
2010Undatacinctus Zamora and Alvaro p. 1356

References

Smith A. B., Zamora S. (2009) Rooting phylogenies of problematic fossil taxa; a case study using cinctans (stem-group echinoderms), Palaeontology 52 4, 803-821 doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00880.x
Zamora S., Alvaro J. J. (2010) Testing for a decline in diversity prior to extinction: Languedocian (latest mid‐Cambrian) distribution of cinctans (Echinodermata) in the Iberian Chains, NE Spain, Palaeontology 53 6, 1349-1368
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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