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Eumorphocystidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Diploporita : Eumorphocystidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 470 - 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 452 - 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. R. Branson and R. E. Peck. 1940. A new cystoid from the Ordovician of Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology 14(1):89-92 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Eumorphocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 12 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1940 | Eumorphocystidae Branson and Peck |
2018 | Eumorphocystidae Sheffield and Sumrall |
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!