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Playfordicrinus kellyensis

Crinoidea - Pisocrinida - Pisocrinidae

Taxonomy
Playfordicrinus kellyensis was named by Jell and Jell (1999). Its type specimen is NMVP 100315 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMVPL 1938. On GSWA track from Kelly's Pass to Teichert Hills, which is in a Famennian marine limestone in the Virgin Hills Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Playfordicrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Playfordicrinus kellyensis Jell and Jell p. 228 figs. 21-24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
superorderDisparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderPisocrinida
familyPisocrinidaeAngelin 1878
genusPlayfordicrinus
specieskellyensis

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.

†Playfordicrinus kellyensis Jell and Jell 1999
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. A. Jell and J. S. Jell 1999Cup subspherical, with widely spaced fine granular ornament. Basals 3, irregularly shaped, each asymmetrical with a distal projection at sutures between radials. Radials (or inferradials) 3, large, making up most of the cup; arm-bearing plates variable in number (7-14), with lateral projections distally; articulating facets flat, radially serated in some specimens (probably due to weathering); pararadials 2-9.
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

Age range: Early/Lower Famennian or 376.10000 to 370.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Australia (Western Australia) Playfordicrinus kellyensis (39001 type locality: 39117)