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Deltacystis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)30957https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=30957
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Rhombifera : Pleurocystitidae : Deltacystis
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermataKlein 1754
subphylumBlastozoaSprinkle 1973
classRhombiferaZittel 1879
superfamilyGlyptocystitoidaBather 1899
familyPleurocystitidaeNeumayr 1889
subfamilyDeltacystinaeSumrall and Sprinkle 1995
genusDeltacystisSprinkle 1974
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Deltacystisgenusbelongs to Pleurocystitidaestated with evidenceSprinkle, 1974
Deltacystisgenusbelongs to Deltacystinaestated with evidenceSumrall and Sprinkle, 1995
Deltacystisgenusbelongs to Rhombiferasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Deltacystisgenusbelongs to Deltacystinaestated with evidenceNardin and Bohatý, 2013
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance472 - 468 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance472 - 468 Ma
Ordovician
Environmentmarine (based on Echinodermata)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Rhombifera)
Visionblind (based on Rhombifera)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Rhombifera)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Sprinkle. 1974. New Rhombiferan Cystoids from the Middle Ordovician of Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 48(6):1174-1201

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Deltacystis symmetricus
species
listed (PBDB)2472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1974Deltacystis Sprinkle p. 1187
1995Deltacystis Sumrall and Sprinkle p. 776
2002Deltacystis Sepkoski, Jr.
2013Deltacystis Nardin and Bohatý p. 541

References

Sprinkle J. (1974) New Rhombiferan Cystoids from the Middle Ordovician of Nevada, Journal of Paleontology 48 6, 1174-1201
Sumrall C. D., Sprinkle J. (1995) Plating and pectinirhombs of the Ordovician rhombiferan Plethoschisma, Journal of Paleontology 69 4, 772-779
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Nardin E., Bohatý J. (2013) A new pleurocystitid blastozoan from the Middle Devonian of the Eifel (Germany) and its phylogenetic importance, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58 3, 533-544 doi:10.4202/app.2011.0116
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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