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Taucatillocrinus

Crinoidea

Taxonomy
Taucatillocrinus was named by Willink (1978) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon-m].

It was synonymized subjectively with Notiocatillocrinus by Webster and Webster (2012).

It was assigned to Catillocrinidae by Willink (1978); and to Disparida by Sepkoski (2002), Ausich (2018).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Wagner on 2023-04-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Taucatillocrinus Willink p. 92
2002Taucatillocrinus Sepkoski
2018Taucatillocrinus Ausich

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

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. †Taucatillocrinus Willink 1978
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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: 2004-02-28 16:34:13
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:33:22
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available