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Praetetracrinus doreckae

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Tetracrinidae

Taxonomy
Praetetracrinus doreckae was named by Jäger (1995). Its type specimen is SMNS 62568/1, a set of stem ossicles, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Geisingen/Donau, sample 7, which is in an Aalenian carbonate marl in the Opalinus Clay Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Praetetracrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Praetetracrinus doreckae Jäger p. 14 figs. Pl 1; pl 2, figs 2-10; pl 3-5; text-fig 2
2011Praetetracrinus doreckae Hess and Messing p. 196

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
RankNameAuthor
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderCyrtocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1953
suborderCyrtocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
superfamilyPlicatocrinoideaZittel 1879
familyTetracrinidaeJaeger 1995
genusPraetetracrinus
speciesdoreckae

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.

Praetetracrinus doreckae Jäger 1995
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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: stationaryo
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:27:36
Modified: 2004-02-28 18:27:36
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Middle Aalenian or 174.70000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany Praetetracrinus doreckae (type locality: 139786 139787)