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Meganotocrinus

Crinoidea - Ampelocrinida - Tribrachyocrinidae

Taxonomy
Meganotocrinus was named by Willink (1979) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon-u].

It was assigned to Tribrachyocrinidae by Webster and Jell (1999); and to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Pentadia corona Dana p. 713 figs. Pl 10, figs 10, 11, 12
1979Meganotocrinus Willink p. 185
1999Meganotocrinus Webster and Jell p. 328
2002Megantocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderAmpelocrinida
familyTribrachyocrinidaeArendt and Willink 1981
genusMeganotocrinus

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. †Meganotocrinus Willink 1979
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Meganotocrinus konincki De Koninck 1877
Meganotocrinus princeps Etheridge Jr. 1892
Invalid names: Pentadia corona Dana 1849 [nomen dubium]
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (New South Wales) M. tuberculatus (86574) Phialocrinus princeps (86149 120675 120686 133295)