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Rhopalocystis ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	31069	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=31069

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Rhopalocystidae : Rhopalocystis

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
family	Rhopalocystidae	Ubaghs 1967
genus	Rhopalocystis	Ubaghs 1963

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Rhopalocystis	genus	belongs to Rhopalocystidae	stated with evidence	Sprinkle, 1973
Rhopalocystis	genus	belongs to Gogiida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

541 - 513 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

478 - 470 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Rhopalocystis)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Rhopalocystis)

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: Intermediate tier suspension-feeder according to Dornbos (2008).

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Rhopalocystis destombesi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	4	485 Ma Cambrian	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Rhopalocystis fraga ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Rhopalocystis grandis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Rhopalocystis havliceki ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Rhopalocystis mesonesensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	541 Ma Cambrian	541 Ma Cambrian
Rhopalocystis zagoraensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Sprinkle J. (1973) Morphology and evolution of blastozoan echinoderms, Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, Special Publication, 1-283

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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