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Deocrinus asperatus

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Rhodocrinus asperatus was named by Billings (1859). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry 2 miles N of Montreal, which is in a Sandbian marine limestone in the Aylmer Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Deocrinus.

It was recombined as Deocrinus asperatus by Hudson (1907).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Deocrinus asperatus Hudson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderDiplobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
superfamilyRhodocrinitoideaRoemer 1855
familyRhodocrinitidae(Roemer 1855)
genusDeocrinusHudson 1907
speciesasperatus(Billings 1859)

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.

Deocrinus asperatus Billings 1859
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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: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:32:25
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:32:43
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Sandbian to the top of the Chazyan or 458.20000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Deocrinus asperatus (172147 197279)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Canada (Quebec) Rhodocrinus asperatus (179813)