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Comaturella

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Pterocomidae

Taxonomy

Comaturella was named by Muenster (1838). It is not extant. Its type is Ophiurites pennatus.

It was assigned to Pterocomidae by Hess and Messing (2011); and to Crinoidea by Dietl and Schweigert (2011).

Species

C. formosa, C. pennata (syn. C. wagneri, Comatula pinnata)

Species lacking formal opinion data

C. pinnata

Synonyms

Pterocoma was named by Agassiz (1836) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith-l K Turo]. It is not extant.

It was replaced with Comaturella by Hess and Messing (2011).

It was assigned to Comatulida by Sepkoski (2002).
Comatulithes was named by von Schlotheim (1823).

It was replaced with Comaturella by Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1823	Comatulithes von Schlotheim p. 47
1836	Pterocoma Agassiz p. 193
1838	Comaturella Muenster
2002	Pterocoma Sepkoski
2011	Comaturella Dietl and Schweigert
2011	Comaturella Hess and Messing p. 117

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata
subphylum	Blastozoa
class	Crinoidea	Miller 1821
subclass	Pentacrinoidea	Jaekel 1918

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Inadunata	(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—	Cladida	(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—	Eucladida
subclass	Articulata	(Miller 1821)
order	Comatulida	Clark 1908
suborder	Comatulidina	Clark 1908
superfamily	Tropiometroidea	(Clark 1908)
family	Pterocomidae	Rasmussen 1978
genus	Comaturella	Muenster 1838

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. †Comaturella Muenster 1838

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†Comaturella formosa Walther 1904

†Comaturella pennata von Schlotheim 1820

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Invalid names: Comatula pinnata Goldfuss 1831 [synonym], Comaturella wagneri Muenster 1839 [synonym]

Invalid names: Comatulithes von Schlotheim 1823 [replaced], Pterocoma Agassiz 1836 [replaced]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

high Mg calciteo

Ontogeny:

accretion, addition of partsp

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Dispersal:

waterp

Dispersal 2:

planktonicp

Created:

2004-02-28 16:07:27

Modified:

2009-10-08 14:29:07

Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum

References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 152.21000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	152.21 - 149.2	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	C. formosa (154138)
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	Germany (Bavaria)	Pterocoma pennata (58604)
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)	C. pinnata (35262)
Early/Lower Tithonian	149.2 - 145.06	France (Var)	Pterocoma pennata (58575)