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Decorocrinus arkonensis

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Rutkowskicrinidae

Taxonomy
Botryocrinus arkonensis was named by Goldring (1950). Its type specimen is E13091 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Decorocrinus.

It was recombined as Decorocrinus arkonensis by McIntosh (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Botryocrinus arkonensis Goldring
2001Decorocrinus arkonensis McIntosh

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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
superfamilyGlossocrinacea
familyRutkowskicrinidae
genusDecorocrinus
speciesarkonensis(Goldring 1950)

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.

Decorocrinus arkonensis Goldring 1950
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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: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Devonian or 393.47000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31Canada (Ontario) Botryocrinus arkonensis (193694)