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Pentaxocrinus quinarius

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida

Taxonomy
Allosocrinus quinarius was named by Lane and Webster (1966) [Holotype now at Los Angeles County Museum]. Its type specimen is UCLA 39644, a calyx, and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Pentaxocrinus.

It was recombined as Pentaxocrinus quinarius by Webster and Lane (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Allosocrinus quinarius Lane and Webster p. 56 figs. Pl 13, fig 3
2007Pentaxocrinus quinarius Webster and Lane p. 962

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
genusPentaxocrinus
speciesquinarius()

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.

Pentaxocrinus quinarius Lane and Webster 1966
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-09 11:50:31
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Nevada) Allosocrinus quinarius (74742) Pentaxocrinus quinarius (90757)