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Trinalicrinus tunisiensis

Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Mespilocrinidae

Taxonomy
Trinalicrinus tunisiensis was named by Lane (1979). Its type specimen is USNM 251292, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is A3, Oum el Afia escarpment (FS-74-T-1), which is in a Capitanian marine limestone in Tunisia. It is the type species of Trinalicrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Trinalicrinus tunisiensis Lane p. 128 figs. Pl 1, 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
superfamilyLecanocrinoidea()
familyMespilocrinidae
genusTrinalicrinus
speciestunisiensis

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.

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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 et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Qabis) Trinalicrinus tunisiensis (type locality: 41890)