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Morenacrinus silvani

Crinoidea - Cupulocrinidae

Taxonomy
Morenacrinus silvani was named by Ausich et al. (2002). Its type specimen is MNCN-I-35377 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Embalse de Fresnedas, which is in a Dobrotivian marine shale in the Pizarras Guindo Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Morenacrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Morenacrinus silvani Ausich et al. pp. 985 - 987 figs. 8.6, 8.7, 9
2007Morenacrinus silvani Ausich et al. p. 1381

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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)
superorderFlexibilia(Zittel 1895)
familyCupulocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
genusMorenacrinus
speciessilvani

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.

Morenacrinus silvani Ausich et al. 2002
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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 11:52:01
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:52:01
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Dobrotivian or 461.00000 to 459.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dobrotivian461.0 - 459.7Spain (Cuidad Real) Morenacrinus silvani (type locality: 166760)