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Cosmetocrinus middalyaensis

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Aphelecrinidae

Taxonomy
Cosmetocrinus middalyaensis was named by Webster and Jell (1992). Its type specimen is UWAF113385 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is QML770, Mundarrie Well, which is in a Sakmarian marine horizon in the Callytharra Formation of Australia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Cosmetocrinus middalyaensis Webster and Jell p. 338 fig. 14A

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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
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyScytalocrinoidea()
familyAphelecrinidaeStrimple 1967
genusCosmetocrinusKirk 1941
speciesmiddalyaensis

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.

Cosmetocrinus middalyaensis 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: 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: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Cosmetocrinus middalyaensis (type locality: 120568)