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Diploporita
Source Data |
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Rank | class (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Diploporita | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 8 (5.6%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: Low-intermediate level tiering according to Bottjer & Ausich (1986); placed in intermediate-level epifaunal tier. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Aristocystitoida β superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 75 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
Glyptosphaeritida superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 19 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 0 Ma Extant | |
Glyptosphaeritidacea β superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 41 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
Seriolata β superfamily | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Sphaeronitida β superfamily | listed (PBDB) | 54 | 453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 427 Ma Silurian | |
Parasphaeronitiidae β family | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Sphaeronitidae β family | listed (PBDB) | 92 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
Allocystites β genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 439 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian | |
Amphoracystis β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Archegocystis β genus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Asteroblastus β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Asterocystis β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Baculocystites β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Barbieria β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Batalleria β genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
Brightonicystis β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Bulbocystis β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Campylostoma β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Codiacystis genus | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 0 Ma Extant | |
Dactylocystis β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Destombesia β genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Estonocystis β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Hippocystis β genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Mesocystis β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Metasterocystis β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pachycalix β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pemphocystis β genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Proterocystites β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pseudaristocystis β genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
Revalocystis β genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Tholocystis β genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1854 | Diploporita MΓΌller |
1984 | Diploporita Bockelie |
2002 | Diploporita Sepkoski, Jr. |
2010 | Diploporita Jell p. 35 |
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!