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Baudicrinus krystyni

Crinoidea - Encrinida - Dadocrinidae

Taxonomy
Baudicrinus krystyni was named by Oji and Twitchett (2015). Its type specimen is NUM-Fa179, a set of stem ossicles, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wadi Wasit Block, Al Jil Formation, Bioclastic Limestone, N Oman, which is in a Griesbachian open shallow subtidal grainstone/packstone in the Al Jil Formation of Oman. It is the type species of Baudicrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Baudicrinus krystyni Oji and Twitchett p. 212 fig. 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
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderEncrinidaMatsumoto 1929
familyDadocrinidaeDujardin and Hupé 1862
genusBaudicrinus
specieskrystyni

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.

Baudicrinus krystyni Oji and Twitchett 2015
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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 16:35:50
Modified: 2004-02-28 18:35:50
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Griesbachian or 251.90200 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Oman Baudicrinus krystyni (type locality: 60532)