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Spheniscocrinus australis

Crinoidea - Ampelocrinida - Ampelocrinidae

Taxonomy
Spheniscocrinus australis was named by Webster and Jell (1992). Its type specimen is CPC30682 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wandagee Homestead, 7.5 km at 287 bearing, which is in a Kungurian marine siliciclastic in Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Spheniscocrinus australis Webster and Jell p. 339 fig. 11A

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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)
orderAmpelocrinida
familyAmpelocrinidaeKirk 1942
genusSpheniscocrinusWanner 1937
speciesaustralis

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.

Spheniscocrinus australis 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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) Spheniscocrinus australis (type locality: 120583)