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Synbathocrinus cretensis

Crinoidea - Synbathocrinidae

Taxonomy
Synbathocrinus cretensis was named by Webster (2012). Its type specimen is GPIF CrdKap8, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape south of Bali, Crete, which is in an Asselian marine phyllite in the Fodele Formation of Greece.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Synbathocrinus cretensis Webster p. 104 figs. 2.1-2.4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Disparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
superfamilyBelemnocrinoideaMiller 1883
familySynbathocrinidaeMiller 1889
genusSynbathocrinusPhillips 1836
speciescretensis

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.

Synbathocrinus cretensis Webster 2012
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 293.52000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Greece Synbathocrinus cretensis (type locality: 137662)