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Glyptosphaeritidacea ✝
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Diploporita : Glyptosphaeritidacea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 433 - 423 Ma Silurian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Glyptosphaeritidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 24 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 464 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Gomphocystitidae ✝ family | listed (PBDB) | 16 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Glyptosphaeronites ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 485 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1895 | Glyptosphaeritidacea Bernard |
| 2006 | Glyptosphaeritidacea Mergl and Prokop p. 8 |
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!
