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Ceratocystidae ✝
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Stylophora : Cornuta : Ceratocystidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 505 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 513 - 499 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Cornuta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Stylophora) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Cornuta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | R. C. Moore. 1967. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part S, Echinodermata 1, Volume 2. In R. C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ceratocystis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 21 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1901 | Ceratocystidae Jaekel |
| 1967 | Ceratocystidae Moore p. S547 |
References
| Moore R. C. (1967) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part S, Echinodermata 1, Volume 2, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology 2 |
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!
