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Praetetracrinus kutscheri

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Tetracrinidae

Taxonomy
Praetetracrinus kutscheri was named by Jäger (1995). Its type specimen is SMNS 62569/1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Toarcian, Quedlinburg, Germany, which is in a Toarcian marine marl in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Praetetracrinus kutscheri Jäger p. 23 figs. Pl 6, figs 13,14; pl 7 figs 1-10

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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
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderCyrtocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1953
suborderCyrtocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
superfamilyPlicatocrinoideaZittel 1879
familyTetracrinidaeJaeger 1995
genusPraetetracrinus
specieskutscheri

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.

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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 et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Middle Aalenian or 180.40000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Germany Praetetracrinus kutscheri (139788)
Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian182.9 - 174.7Germany Praetetracrinus kutscheri (139789)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Germany Praetetracrinus kutscheri (139790)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Germany (Thüringen) Praetetracrinus kutscheri (type locality: 31988)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany (Bayern) Praetetracrinus kutscheri (31989)
Middle Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany Praetetracrinus kutscheri (139786)