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Cylicopsis

Stromatoporoidea

Taxonomy
Cylicopsis was named by Le Maitre (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori J u Sepkoski's reference number: 920]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spongiomorphidae by Le Maitre (1937); to Axinellida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Stromatoporoidea by Stearn and Stock (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Cylicopsis Le Maitre
2002Cylicoopsis Sepkoski
2015Cylicopsis Stearn and Stock p. 308

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
RankNameAuthor
classStromatoporoidea(Nicholson and Murie 1878)
genusCylicopsisLe Maitre 1937

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Cylicopsis Le Maitre 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindo
Created: 2007-09-07 03:24:54
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:23:24
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Valanginian or 155.70000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian163.5 - 150.8Slovenia C. sp. (39809)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Austria C. verticalis (66862)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal C. florida (68586)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Austria C. verticalis (36223)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Ukraine C. verticalis (62370)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Berriasian150.8 - 139.8Austria C. sp. (144461)
Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9Bulgaria C. sp. (151494)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Canada (Nova Scotia) C. verticalis (45348)