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Meristocrinus orbignyi
Taxonomy
Taxocrinus orbignyi was named by M'Coy (1850). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is High Thorns, which is in a Leintwardine marine horizon in the Bannisdale Slates Formation of the United Kingdom.
It was recombined as Meristocrinus orbignyi by Springer (1906), Ramsbottom (1958).
It was recombined as Meristocrinus orbignyi by Springer (1906), Ramsbottom (1958).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1850 | Taxocrinus orbignyi M'Coy p. 289 |
| 1906 | Meristocrinus orbignyi Springer p. 519 |
| 1958 | Meristocrinus orbignyi Ramsbottom p. 107 |
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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.
†Meristocrinus orbignyi M'Coy 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: Leintwardine or 421.30000 to 419.62000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Leintwardine | United Kingdom | Taxocrinus orbignyi (type locality: 119400) |