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Ramseyocrinus

Crinoidea - Tetragonocrinida - Tetragonocrinidae

Taxonomy
Ramseyocrinus was named by Bates (1968). Its type is Dendrocrinus cambriensis.

It was assigned to Ramseyocrinidae by Donovan (1984); to Tetragonocrinidae by Ausich (1998); and to Disparida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Ramseyocrinus Bates
1984Ramseyocrinus Donovan
1998Ramseyocrinus Ausich p. 26
2002Ramseyocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
superorderDisparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderTetragonocrinida
familyTetragonocrinidaeStukalina 1980
genusRamseyocrinusBates 1968

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. †Ramseyocrinus Bates 1968
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Ramseyocrinus argentinus Guensburg and Waisfeld 2015
Ramseyocrinus vizcainoi Ubaghs 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Comments: Epifaunal, attached (McKerrow, 1979).g
Created: 2009-04-11 12:34:49
Modified: 2009-04-11 14:36:42
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Whitlandian to the top of the Oretanian or 473.80000 to 461.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floian477.1 - 471.3Argentina R. argentinus (179575)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Morocco R. sp. (235491)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0United Kingdom (Wales) R. sp. (426)
Whitlandian473.8 - 470.7United Kingdom Dendrocrinus cambriensis (166616 166617)
Whitlandian473.8 - 470.7United Kingdom (Wales) R. cambriensis (3713 3714 166753)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Toledo) R. sp. (20898)