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Gyrocystis testudiformis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)380840https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=380840
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Cincta : Gyrocystidae : Gyrocystis : Gyrocystis testudiformis
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermataKlein 1754
classCincta
familyGyrocystidaeJaekel 1918
genusGyrocystisJaekel 1918
speciesGyrocystis testudiformisFriedrich 1993
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Gyrocystis testudiformisspeciesbelongs to Gyrocystisstated with evidenceFriedrich, 1993
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
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

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1993Gyrocystis testudiformis Friedrich
2009Gyrocystis testudiformis Smith and Zamora fig. 1D,F

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
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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