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Cephalodiscus Nusplingensis
''Cephalodiscus nusplingensis'' is an extinct hemichordate species from the Upper Jurassic The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 163.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.Owen 1987. In European lithostratigraphy, the name ... of southwestern Germany.Schweigert, Günter; Dietl, Gerd (2013). A questionable pterobranch from the Upper Jurassic Nusplingen Lithographic Limestone (SW Germany). October 2013. ''Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen'' 270(1):83-90. References nusplingensis {{hemichordate-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animalia
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development. Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a bilaterally symmetric body plan. The Bilateria include the protostomes, containing animals such as nematodes, arthropods, flatworms, annelids and molluscs, and the deuterostomes, containing the echinode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pterobranchia
Pterobranchia is a class of small worm-shaped animals. They belong to the Hemichordata, and live in secreted tubes on the ocean floor. Pterobranchia feed by filtering plankton out of the water with the help of cilia attached to tentacles. There are about 25 known living pterobranch species in three genera, which are ''Rhabdopleura'', '' Cephalodiscus'', and '' Atubaria''. On the other hand, there are several hundred extinct genera, some of which date from the Cambrian Period. The class Pterobranchia was established by Ray Lankester in 1877. It contained, at that time, the single genus ''Rhabdopleura''. ''Rhabdopleura'' was at first regarded as an aberrant polyzoon, but when the ''Challenger'' report on '' Cephalodiscus'' was published in 1887, it became clear that ''Cephalodiscus'', the second genus now included in the order, had affinities with the Enteropneusta. Electron microscope studies have suggested that pterobranchs belong to the same clade as the extinct grapto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cephalodiscida
Cephalodiscida is one of two orders in the class Pterobranchia, which are small, worm-shaped animals. Members belong to the hemichordates. Species in this order are sessile, living in clear water and secrete tubes on the ocean floor. Taxonomy The order is a small one, with only two known families, each containing a single genus. The validity of the family Atubaridae, who has only a sole member, is regarded as questionable. * Order Cephalodiscida Fowler 1892 ** Family Cephalodiscidae Harmer 1905 *** Genus †'' Aellograptus'' Obut 1964 *** Genus †'' Eocephalodiscus'' Kozlowski 1938 ex Kozlowski 1949 *** Genus †'' Melanostrophus'' Öpik 1930 ex Öpik 1933 *** Genus †'' Pterobranchites'' Kozlowski 1967 *** Genus '' Atubaria'' Sato 1936 *** Genus ''Cephalodiscus ''Cephalodiscus'' is a genus of hemichordates in the monotypic family Cephalodiscidae of the order Cephalodiscida. Description Unlike ''Rhabdopleura'', ''Cephalodiscus'' species do not form large colonies and are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cephalodiscus
''Cephalodiscus'' is a genus of hemichordates in the monotypic family Cephalodiscidae of the order Cephalodiscida. Description Unlike ''Rhabdopleura'', ''Cephalodiscus'' species do not form large colonies and are only pseudocolonial. ''Cephalodiscus'' zooids are also more mobile than their ''Rhabdopleura'' counterparts, and are able to move around within tubarium, tubaria. ''Cephalodiscus'' zooids can be produced via asexual budding. There are a few pairs of tentacled arms, whereas ''Rhabdopleura'' has only one pair of arms. Species 19 living species of ''Cephalodiscus'' have been described: * ''Cephalodiscus agglutinans'' Harmer & Ridewood, 1914 * ''Cephalodiscus atlanticus'' Bayer, 1962 * ''Cephalodiscus australiensis'' Johnston & Muirhead, 1951 * ''Cephalodiscus calciformis'' Emig, 1977 * ''Cephalodiscus densus'' Andersson 1907 [''Cephalodiscus rarus'' Andersson, 1907; ''Cephalodiscus anderssoni'' Gravier 1912] * ''Cephalodiscus dodecalophus'' McIntosh 1882 * ''Cephalodisc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemichordate
Hemichordata is a phylum which consists of triploblastic, enterocoelomate, and bilaterally symmetrical marine deuterostome animals, generally considered the sister group of the echinoderms. They appear in the Lower or Middle Cambrian and include two main classes: Enteropneusta (acorn worms), and Pterobranchia. A third class, Planctosphaeroidea, is known only from the larva of a single species, ''Planctosphaera pelagica''. The class Graptolithina, formerly considered extinct, is now placed within the pterobranchs, represented by a single living genus ''Rhabdopleura''. Acorn worms are solitary worm-shaped organisms. They generally live in burrows (the earliest secreted tubes) and are deposit feeders, but some species are pharyngeal filter feeders, while the family Torquaratoridae are free living detritivores. Many are well known for their production and accumulation of various halogenated phenols and pyrroles. Pterobranchs are filter-feeders, mostly colonial, living in a collageno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Jurassic
The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 163.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.Owen 1987. In European lithostratigraphy, the name "Malm" indicates rocks of Late Jurassic age. In the past, ''Malm'' was also used to indicate the unit of geological time, but this usage is now discouraged to make a clear distinction between lithostratigraphic and geochronologic/chronostratigraphic units. Subdivisions The Late Jurassic is divided into three ages, which correspond with the three (faunal) stages of Upper Jurassic rock: Paleogeography During the Late Jurassic Epoch, Pangaea broke up into two supercontinents, Laurasia to the north, and Gondwana to the south. The result of this break-up was the spawning of the Atlantic Ocean. However, at this time, the Atlantic Ocean was relatively narrow. Life forms of the epoch This epoch is well known for many famous types of dinosaurs, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
