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Musicrinus

Crinoidea - Myelodactylida - Myelodactylidae

Taxonomy
Musicrinus was named by Donovan (1985). Its type is Musicrinus bodae.

It was assigned to Myelodactylidae by Donovan (1985); and to Disparida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
M. bodae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Musicrinus Donovan
2002Musicrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Disparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderMyelodactylida
familyMyelodactylidaeMiller 1883
genusMusicrinusDonovan 1985

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.

G. †Musicrinus Donovan 1985
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Musicrinus bodae Donovan 1985
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: 2004-02-28 16:34:13
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:33:22
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Hirnantian or 452.80000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian - Hirnantian452.8 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) M. bodae (73413)