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Nevadacrinus geniculatus

Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Dactylocrinidae

Taxonomy
Nevadacrinus geniculatus was named by Lane and Webster (1966) [Holotype now at Los Angeles County Museum]. Its type specimen is UCLA 39687, a calyx, and it is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Nevadacrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Nevadacrinus geniculatus Lane and Webster pp. 16-17 figs. Pl 1, figs 2,4,7; text-figs 3-5

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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)
superorderFlexibilia(Zittel 1895)
orderSagenocrinidaSpringer 1913
superfamilySagenocrinoidea(Bassler 1938)
familyDactylocrinidaeBather 1899
genusNevadacrinus
speciesgeniculatus

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.

Nevadacrinus geniculatus 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: stationaryo
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:17:44
Modified: 2004-02-28 19:17:44
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) Nevadacrinus geniculatus (74742 90756 90757)