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(1959). It is not extant. Its type is <a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=371080&is_real_user=1"><i>Sucocystis theronensis</i></a>. <br><br>It was assigned to <a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=371078&is_real_user=1">Sucocystidae</a> by <a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=65813">Zamora and Alvaro (2010)</a> and <b><a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=84081">Zamora et al. (2023)</a></b>.</div> </div> <p><div><center><div class="displayPanel" align="left" style="margin-bottom: 2em; padding-left: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;"> <span class="displayPanelHeader">Species</span> <div class="displayPanelContent"> <a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=380915&is_real_user=1">S. bretoni</a>, <a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=380980&is_real_user=1">S. maroccana</a>, <a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=371080&is_real_user=1">S. theronensis (syn. S. subcircularis)</a> <small>(type species)</small> </div> </div></center> </div> </p></div> </div> </div> </center><center><div id="panel2" class="panel";"> <div align="center" class="small""> <div class="displayPanel" style="margin-bottom: 2em; padding-top: -1em; width: 42em; text-align: left;"> <span class="displayPanelHeader">Synonyms</span> <div align="center" class="small displayPanelContent"> <table><tr><td><ul><li style="padding-bottom: 1.5em;"><i><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=380977&is_real_user=1">Cyclocinctus</a></i> was named by <a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=67771">Termier and Termier (1973)</a>. <br><br>It was synonymized subjectively with <i>Sucocystis</i> by <b><a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=67772">Zamora and Rahman (2008)</a></b>.</li> <li style="padding-bottom: 1.5em;"><i><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=380978&is_real_user=1">Trochocinctus</a></i> was named by <a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=67771">Termier and Termier (1973)</a>. <br><br>It was synonymized subjectively with <i>Sucocystis</i> by <b><a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=67772">Zamora and Rahman (2008)</a></b>.</li> </ul></td></tr></table></div> </div> <div align="left" class="displayPanel" style="width: 42em; margin-top: 0em;"> <span class="displayPanelHeader" style="text-align: left;">Synonymy list</span> <div align="center" class="small displayPanelContent" style="padding-top: 0em; padding-bottom: 1em;"> <table cellspacing=5> <tr><th>Year</th><td>Name and author</th></tr> <tr><td valign="top">1959</d><td valign="top"><i>Sucocystis</i> Cabibel et al.</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top">1973</d><td valign="top"><i>Cyclocinctus</i> <a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=67771">Termier and Termier</a> p. 254</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top">1973</d><td valign="top"><i>Trochocinctus</i> <a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=67771">Termier and Termier</a> p. 257</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top">2010</d><td valign="top"><i>Sucocystis</i> <a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=65813">Zamora and Alvaro</a> p. 1353</td></tr> <tr><td valign="top">2023</d><td valign="top"><i>Sucocystis</i> <a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=84081">Zamora et al.</a> p. 5 fig. 2</td></tr> </table> </div> </div> <p>Is something missing? <a href="/classic?page=join_us">Join the Paleobiology Database</a> and enter the data</p> </div> </div> </div> </center><div id="panel3" class="panel"><div align="center"> <div class="small displayPanel"> <div class="displayPanelContent"> <table><tr><td valign="top"> <table><tr valign="top"><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Author</th></tr> <tr class="darkList"><td align="center">kingdom</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=325038&is_real_user=1">Animalia</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap">(<a href="/classic/app/refs#display=12782?Linnaeus 1758"></a>)</td></tr><tr ><td align="center">—</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=67103&is_real_user=1">Bilateria</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap"></td></tr><tr class="darkList"><td align="center">—</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=272902&is_real_user=1">Eubilateria</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap">Ax 1987</td></tr><tr ><td align="center">—</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=67145&is_real_user=1">Deuterostomia</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/classic/app/refs#display=35738?Grobben 1908"></a></td></tr><tr class="darkList"><td align="center">—</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=272400&is_real_user=1">Ambulacraria</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap"></td></tr> </td></tr></table> </td><td valign="top" style="width: 2em;"></td><td valign="top"> <table><tr valign=top><th>Rank</th><th>Name</th><th>Author</th></tr><tr ><td align="center">phylum</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=30739&is_real_user=1">Echinodermata</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/classic/app/refs#display=17459?Klein 1754"></a></td></tr><tr class="darkList"><td align="center">class</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=371087&is_real_user=1">Cincta</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap">(Jaekel 1918)</td></tr><tr ><td align="center">family</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=371078&is_real_user=1">Sucocystidae</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap">Friedrich 1993</td></tr><tr class="darkList"><td align="center">genus</td><td align="center"><a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=371079&is_real_user=1">Sucocystis</a></td><td align="center" style="white-space: nowrap">Cabibel et al. 1959</td></tr></table></td></tr></table> <p class="small" style="margin-left: 2em; margin-right: 2em; text-align: left;">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.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="panel4" class="panel"><div align="center" class="small"><div class="verysmall" style="width: 50em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"> <div id="t371079" id="classBox" class="shownClassBox" style="border-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; "> <div id="n371079" class="classTaxon" style="margin-bottom: 0em;" onClick="showHide('t371079');">G. &dagger;<a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=371079&is_real_user=1"><i>Sucocystis</i></a> Cabibel et al. 1959</div> <div id="top371079" class="classHotCorner" style="font-size: 1em;"><span onClick="showAll('top371079');">show all</span> | <span onClick="collapseChildren('t371079');">hide all</span></div> <div id="t380915" id="classBox" class="shownClassBox"> <div id="n380915" class="classTaxon"> &dagger;<a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=380915&is_real_user=1"><i>Sucocystis bretoni</i></a> Friedrich 1993</div> </div> <div id="t380980" id="classBox" class="shownClassBox"> <div id="n380980" class="classTaxon"> &dagger;<a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=380980&is_real_user=1"><i>Sucocystis maroccana</i></a> Termier and Termier 1973</div> </div> <div id="t371080" id="classBox" class="shownClassBox"> <div id="n371080" class="classTaxon" style="margin-bottom: 0em;" onClick="showHide('t371080');"> &dagger;<a href="/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=371080&is_real_user=1"><i>Sucocystis theronensis</i></a> Cabibel et al. 1959</div> <div id="hot371080" class="classHotCorner" style="font-size: 1em;" onClick="showHide('t371080');">hide</div> <div id="t371080bad" class="shownClassBox">Invalid names: <i>Sucocystis subcircularis</i> Termier and Termier 1973 [synonym]</div> </div> <div id="t371079bad" class="shownClassBox">Invalid names: <i>Cyclocinctus</i> Termier and Termier 1973 [synonym], <i>Trochocinctus</i> Termier and Termier 1973 [synonym]</div> </div> </div> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> var box_hierarchy = { "t371079": ['t380915','t380980','t371080','t371079bad'], "t371080": ['t371080bad'] }; </script> </div> </div> <div id="panel5" class="panel"><div align="center" class="small" "style="margin-top: -2em;"><div class="displayPanel" align="left" style="width: 36em; margin-top: 2em; margin-bottom: 2em; padding-bottom: 1em;"> <span class="displayPanelHeader" class="large">Diagnosis</span> <div class="displayPanelContent"> <div align="center"><i>No diagnoses are available</i></div> </div> </div> <div class="displayPanel" align="left" style="width: 36em;"> <span class="displayPanelHeader" class="large">Measurements</span> <div align="center" class="displayPanelContent"> <div align="center" style="padding-bottom: 1em;"><i>No measurements are available</i> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <center><div id="panel6" class="panel"><div align="center" clas="small"><div class="small displayPanel" align="left" style="width: 46em; margin-top: 0em; padding-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 1em;"> <div align="center" class="displayPanelContent"> <table cellpadding="4"><tr></tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Composition:</span> </td><td valign="top">high Mg calcite<span class="superscript">o</span></td></tr></table></td> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Ontogeny:</span> </td><td valign="top">accretion, addition of parts<span class="superscript">p</span></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Environment:</span> </td><td valign="top">marine<span class="superscript">p</span></td></tr></table></td> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Locomotion:</span> </td><td valign="top">stationary<span class="superscript">o</span></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Life habit:</span> </td><td valign="top">epifaunal<span class="superscript">o</span></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Diet:</span> </td><td valign="top">suspension feeder<span class="superscript">o</span></td></tr></table></td> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Vision:</span> </td><td valign="top">blind<span class="superscript">o</span></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Dispersal:</span> </td><td valign="top">water<span class="superscript">p</span></td></tr></table></td> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Dispersal 2:</span> </td><td valign="top">planktonic<span class="superscript">p</span></td></tr></table></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Created:</span> </td><td valign="top">2022-12-08 19:35:59</td></tr></table></td> <td valign="top"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><span class="fieldName">Modified:</span> </td><td valign="top">2022-12-08 19:36:58</td></tr></table></td> </tr><tr><td colspan=2><span class="fieldName">Source:</span> o = order, p = phylum</td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><span class="fieldName">References: </span><a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=83332">Raman et al. 2015</a>, <a href="/classic/app/refs?#display=487">Aberhan 1992</a></td></tr></table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </center><center><div id="panel7" class="panel"></div> </center><center><div id="panel8" class="panel"><div class="displayPanel" style="margin-top: 0em;"> <div class="displayPanelContent"> <div class="small" style="margin-left: 2em; width: 90%; border-bottom: 1px solid lightgray;"><p>Age range: <a href="/classic/displayTimescale?interval=781">Middle Cambrian</a> <i>or</i> 509.00000 to 497.00000 Ma</p></div> <div class="small" style="margin-left: 2em; margin-bottom: -1em;"><p>Collections (4 total)</p></div> <br> <table class="small" style="margin-left: 2em; margin-right: 2em; margin-bottom: 2em;"> <tr> <th align="center">Time interval</th> <th align="center">Ma</th> <th align="center">Country or state</th> <th align="left">Original ID and collection number</th></tr> <tr class='darkList'><td align="center" valign="top"><span class="small"><a href="/classic/displayTimescale?interval=781" target="classic2">Middle Cambrian</a></span></td><td align="center" valign="top"><span class="small"><nobr>509.0 - 497.0</nobr></span></td><td align="center" valign="top"><span class="small">Morocco</span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="small">Cyclocinctus maroccanus (<a href="/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=199489&is_real_user=1">199489</a>)</span></td></tr> <tr><td align="center" valign="top"><span class="small"><a href="/classic/displayTimescale?interval=781" target="classic2">Middle Cambrian</a></span></td><td align="center" valign="top"><span class="small"><nobr>509.0 - 497.0</nobr></span></td><td align="center" valign="top"><span class="small">Spain</span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="small">S. theronensis (<a href="/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=198921&is_real_user=1">198921</a>)</span></td></tr> <tr class='darkList'><td align="center" valign="top"><span class="small"><a href="/classic/displayTimescale?interval=781" target="classic2">Middle Cambrian</a></span></td><td align="center" valign="top"><span class="small"><nobr>509.0 - 497.0</nobr></span></td><td align="center" valign="top"><span class="small">France (Languedoc-Roussillon)</span> </td> <td align="left"><span class="small">Cyclocinctus subcircularis (<a href="/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=198928&is_real_user=1">198928</a>) S. bretoni (<a href="/classic/basicCollectionSearch?collection_no=198923&is_real_user=1">198923</a>)</span></td></tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> </center><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">switchToPanel(1,8);</script> </div><br><br>  </div>  </div>  </div>  </div> <br><Br>  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/pnotify/2.0.0/pnotify.all.min.js"></script> <script src="/wing.js?v=1" type="text/javascript"></script> </body> </html>