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Maragnicrinus

Crinoidea - Poteriocrinina - Rhenocrinidae

Taxonomy
Maragnicrinus was named by Whitfield (1905) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fras-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Rhenocrinidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by D. van Oyen on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Maragnicrinus Whitfield
1978Maragnicrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T638
2002Maragnicrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderPoteriocrinina(Jaekel 1918)
superfamilyRhenocrinaceaJaekel 1918
familyRhenocrinidaeJaekel 1918
genusMaragnicrinusWhitfield 1905

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. †Maragnicrinus Whitfield 1905
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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: 2009-10-09 11:50:31
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available