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Mastigocrinus bravoniensis

Crinoidea - Botryocrinidae

Taxonomy
Mastigocrinus bravoniensis was named by Ramsbottom (1958). Its type specimen is GSM 89994, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Leintwardine starfish bed, which is in a Leintwardine lagoonal siltstone in the Lower Leintwardine Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Mastigocrinus bravoniensis Ramsbottom p. 110

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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
ArticuliformesWright 2017
familyBotryocrinidaeBather 1899
genusMastigocrinusBather 1892
speciesbravoniensis

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.

Mastigocrinus bravoniensis Ramsbottom 1958
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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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Leintwardine or 421.30000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Leintwardine421.3 - 419.2United Kingdom Mastigocrinus bravoniensis (type locality: 95143)