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Dunnicrinus aequalis

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Bourgueticrinidae

Taxonomy
Bourgueticrinus aequalis was named by D'Orbigny (1841).

It was recombined as Dunnicrinus aequalis by Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Bourgueticrinus aequalis D'Orbigny p. 170 figs. pl. 28, figs 11-14
1841Bourgueticrinus aequalis d'Orbigny p. 96 figs. Pl 17, figs 10-12
1961Bourgueticrinus aequalis Rasmussen p. 170 figs. Pl 28, figs 11-14
1982Bourgueticrinus aequalis Klikushin pp. 812-815 figs. fig. 1A-I ; pl. 1, fig. 1-5
2011Dunnicrinus aequalis Hess and Messing p. 153

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—Eucladida
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderBourgueticrinina(Sieverts-Doreck 1953)
familyBourgueticrinidaeLoriol 1882
genusDunnicrinus
speciesaequalis(D'Orbigny 1841)

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.

†Dunnicrinus aequalis D'Orbigny 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:07:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:29:07
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Senonian - Paleocene100.5 - 56.0Netherlands (Limburg) Dunnicrinus aequalis (31455)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Dunnicrinus aequalis (32149 32152 32153 32154 32155 32156)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Dunnicrinus aequalis (32159)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Dunnicrinus aequalis (32177)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Cretaceous70.6 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Dunnicrinus aequalis (32175)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Dunnicrinus aequalis (32162)