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Kraterocrinus indicus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Kraterocrinidae

Taxonomy
Ulocrinus indicus was named by Wanner (1924). Its type specimen is THDKA 11988, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicinity of Basleo (Jonker coll), which is in a Roadian/Wuchiapingian marine horizon in Indonesia. It is the type species of Kraterocrinus.

It was recombined as Kraterocrinus indicus by Webster and Donovan (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Ulocrinus indicus Wanner p. 189 figs. Pl 16, figs 17-21; text-fig 19
2012Kraterocrinus indicus Webster and Donovan p. 110 figs. 2A-J

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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
familyKraterocrinidae
genusKraterocrinus
speciesindicus(Wanner 1924)

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.

Kraterocrinus indicus Wanner 1924
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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: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 290.10000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Indonesia Ulocrinus indicus (118268)
Roadian - Wuchiapingian274.4 - 254.14Indonesia (Timor) Ulocrinus indicus (129027)