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Plaxocrinus piutae

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Pirasocrinidae

Taxonomy
Plaxocrinus piutae was named by Lane and Webster (1966) [Holotype now at Los Angeles County Museum]. Its type specimen is UCLA 39649, a calyx, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. brasilensis, P. gloukosensis, P. laxus, P. oeconomicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Plaxocrinus piutae Lane and Webster pp. 49-50 figs. Pl 8, figs 10-13

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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
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyPirasocrinoidea(Moore and Laudon 1943)
familyPirasocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
genusPlaxocrinusMoore and Plummer 1937
speciespiutae

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.

†Plaxocrinus piutae 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


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