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Fresnedacrinus ibericus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Colpodecrinidae

Taxonomy
Fresnedacrinus ibericus was named by Ausich et al. (2002). Its type specimen is MNCN-I-35379 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 Fresnedacrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Fresnedacrinus ibericus Ausich et al. p. 983 figs. 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2

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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
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyDendrocrinaceaWachsmuth and Springer 1886
familyColpodecrinidaeSprinkle and Kolata 1982
genusFresnedacrinus
speciesibericus

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.

Fresnedacrinus ibericus Ausich et al. 2002
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. I. Ausich et al. 2002Six plates in infrabasal circlet, aboral cup shape low cone, stellate plate sculpturing, pore structures absent, basal concavity absent, isotomous arm branching, holomeric column, pentalobate shaped column, and lumen shape unknown.
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 11:50:31
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, 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) Fresnedacrinus ibericus (type locality: 166760)