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Tulipacrinus tulipa

Crinoidea - Tulipacrinidae

Taxonomy
Tulipacrinus tulipa was named by Kristan-Tollmann (1980). Its type specimen is Universitat Wien V101, a calyx (radial), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is x21, Ruones-Wiesen, western slope of Pralongia, which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Tulipacrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Tulipacrinus tulipa Kristan-Tollmann p. 226 figs. 1-6; pls 1,2
2011Tulipacrinus tulipa Hess and Messing p. 220

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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)
Eucladida
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
familyTulipacrinidae
genusTulipacrinus
speciestulipa

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.

Tulipacrinus tulipa Kristan-Tollmann 1980
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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, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Rhaetian or 237.00000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Tulipacrinus tulipa (type locality: 139397 139399)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria Tulipacrinus tulipa (139400)