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Osteocrinus rectus

Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Somphocrinidae

Taxonomy
Rhabdotites rectus was named by Frizzell and Exline (1955). It is the type species of Osteocrinus.

It was recombined as Osteocrinus rectus by Hess and Messing (2011), Nützel and Kaim (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Rhabdotites rectus Frizzell and Exline
1962Rhabdotites rectus Deflandre-Rigaud p. 38
1971Rhabdotites rectus Zawidzka p. 432 figs. PI. 1 Fig. 2
2011Osteocrinus rectus Hess and Messing p. 215
2014Osteocrinus rectus Nützel and Kaim p. 426 fig. 11r

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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
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderRoveacrinidaSieverts-Doreck
familySomphocrinidae
genusOsteocrinusKristan-Tollmann 1970
speciesrectus()

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.

†Osteocrinus rectus Frizzell and Exline 1955
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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: facultatively mobileo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:16:33
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:40:08
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Julian or 246.70000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland Rhabdotites rectus (99844)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Hungary Osteocrinus rectus (99503)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Iran Osteocrinus rectus (97874)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Italy Osteocrinus rectus (50962 50963 50964 50965 50966 50967 50968 50969 50970 50971 50972)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Osteocrinus rectus (50978 50983 50988 163815)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Osteocrinus rectus (50974 50975 50976 50977 50979 50980 50981 50982 50984 50985 50986 50987 50989 164191)