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Cyathocrinus kattaensis

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Cyathocrinus kattaensis was named by Waagen (1885). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Katta, basal Middle Productus-limestone (bed 12), Salt Range, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Cyathocrinus kattaensis Waagen p. 828 figs. Pl 96, fig 2
1924Cyathocrinus kattaensis Albrecht p. 292

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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
orderCyathocrinida(Bather 1899)
superfamilyCyathocrinitoidea(Roemer 1854)
familyCyathocrinitidaeRoemer 1854
genusCyathocrinusMiller 1821
specieskattaensis

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.

Cyathocrinus kattaensis Waagen 1885
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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, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Lopingian or 264.28000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Pakistan Cyathocrinus kattaensis (type locality: 119552)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902Serbia Cyathocrinus kattaensis (242129)