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Aristocystitidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Diploporita : Aristocystitidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 439 - 426 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | G. Regnéll. 1945. Non-Crinoid Pelmatozoa from the Paleozoic of Sweden. Meddelanden från Lunds Geologisk-Mineralogiska Institution 108:1-255 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aristocystitinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 25 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Calicinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Calix ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 23 | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Prokopius ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Sinocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 11 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Triamara ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 439 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1938 | Aristocystitidae Bassler |
| 2011 | Arystocystididae Gutiérrez-Marco and Colmenar |
| 2019 | Aristocystitidae Paul et al. |
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!
