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Kallimorphocrinus thaiensis

Crinoidea - Allagecrinidae

Taxonomy
Kallimorphocrinus thaiensis was named by Webster and Jell (1993). Its type specimen is UQ F79668 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ko Muk, Rat Buri Limestone, which is in a Roadian/Wordian carbonate limestone in the Rat Buri Formation of Thailand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. astrus, K. pristinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Kallimorphocrinus thaiensis Webster and Jell p. 350 figs. 1A-F

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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
genusKallimorphocrinusWeller 1930
speciesthaiensis

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.

†Kallimorphocrinus thaiensis Webster and Jell 1993
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Wordian or 272.30000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28Thailand Kallimorphocrinus thaiensis (type locality: 120587)