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Parascytalocrinus

Crinoidea

Taxonomy
Parascytalocrinus was named by Kamm and Ausi (1993) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1056]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cladida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. hamiltonensis, P. pentagonus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Parascytalocrinus Kamm and Ausi
2002Parascytalocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
genusParascytalocrinusKamm and Ausi 1993

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. †Parascytalocrinus Kamm and Ausi 1993
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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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Chadian to the top of the Arundian or 346.70000 to 339.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) P. pentagonus, P. hamiltonensis (37879)