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Rhipidocystidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Eocrinoidea : Rhipidocystidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 472 - 458 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 467 - 458 Ma Ordovician | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Eocrinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Eocrinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Eocrinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | J. Dean and A. B. Smith. 1998. Palaeobiology of the primative Ordovician pelmatazoan echinoderm Cardiocystites. Palaeontology 41(6):1183-1194 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Mandalocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |
Petalocystites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1901 | Rhipidocystidae Jaekel |
1987 | Rhipidocystidae Lewis et al. p. 1233 |
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!