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Litocrinus protuberans

Crinoidea - Allagecrinidae

Taxonomy
Litocrinus protuberans was named by Webster and Jell (1992). Its type specimen is QMF21440, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is QML759, Callytharra-Byro track, which is in a Sakmarian marine horizon in the Callytharra Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Litocrinus protuberans Webster and Jell p. 333 fig. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
superorderDisparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
superfamilyAllagecrinoidea(Carpenter and Etheridge 1881)
familyAllagecrinidaeCapenter and Etheridge 1881
genusLitocrinusLane and Sevastopulo 1982
speciesprotuberans

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.

Litocrinus protuberans Webster and Jell 1992
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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: 2004-02-28 16:34:13
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:33:22
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Litocrinus protuberans (120562 type locality: 120564 120565 120566 120567)