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Tasmanocrinus

Crinoidea - Ampelocrinida

Taxonomy
Tasmanocrinus was named by Willink (1979) [Sepkoski's age data: P Sakm]. Its type is Tasmanocrinus mariensis.

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

Species
T. mariensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Tasmanocrinus Willink p. 125
1999Tasmanocrinus Webster and Jell p. 332
2002Tasmanocrinus 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
genusTasmanocrinus

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. †Tasmanocrinus Willink 1979
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Tasmanocrinus mariensis Willink 1979
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Wordian or 293.52000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Tasmania) T. mariensis (120676)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (Tasmania) T. sp. (83175)