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Macrocystella greylingi ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)371008https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=371008
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Rhombifera : Macrocystellidae : Macrocystella : Macrocystella greylingi
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
familyMacrocystellidaeBather 1899
genusMacrocystellaCallaway 1877
speciesMacrocystella greylingiHammann and Sdzuy 2001
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Macrocystella greylingispeciesbelongs to Macrocystellastated with evidenceHammann and Sdzuy, 2001
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic
Environmentmarine (based on Echinodermata)
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Macrocystella)
Visionblind (based on Rhombifera)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Macrocystella)
Reproductiondispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)
Ontogenyaccretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)
Taphonomyhigh Mg calcite (based on Echinodermata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. Mergl and R. J. Prokop. 2006. Lower Ordovician cystoids (Rhombifera, Diploporita) from the Prague Basin (Czech Republic). Bulletin of Geosciences 81(1):1-15

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2001Macrocystella greylingi Hammann and Sdzuy figs. 2D, 3A-D

References

Mergl M., Prokop R. J. (2006) Lower Ordovician cystoids (Rhombifera, Diploporita) from the Prague Basin (Czech Republic), Bulletin of Geosciences 81 1, 1-15
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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