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Imbricata (disused)

Eocrinoidea - Imbricata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Imbricata Sprinkle p. 60
1990Imbricata Fatka and Kordule p. 315
2002Imbricata Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classEocrinoideaJaekel 1918
orderImbricata
orderImbricata

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.

Or. †Imbricata Sprinkle 1973
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Sprinkle 1973Early eocrinoids having a strongly differentiated calyx with both
imbricate and adjacent calyx plates. Aboral portion of conical calyx and cylindrical holdfast composed of adorally imbricate plates lacking epispires. Oral surface composed of adjacent plates having numerous epispires and bearing the ambulacral system with 5 symmetrical food grooves and numerous true brachioles. Early Cambrian
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:44:55
Modified: 2010-02-11 00:40:17
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Tremadoc or 486.40000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Sichuan) Imbricata indet. (5422)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Guizhou) Imbricata indet. (5280 5281 5282 5283)