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Marsupites

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Marsupitidae

Taxonomy

Marsupites was named by Mantell (1821) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant-u]. Its type is Encrinites testudinarius. It is the type genus of Marsupitidae.

It was assigned to Uintacrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Marsupitidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Rasmussen (1961) and Hess and Messing (2011).

Species

M. lamberti, M. testudinarius (syn. Sitularia triangulariformis, M. milleri, M. ornatus, M. mantelli, M. laevigatus, M. americanus)

Synonyms

Sitularia was named by Cumberland (1826).

It was synonymized subjectively with Marsupites by Rasmussen (1961) and Hess and Messing (2011).
Marsupiocrinites was named by de Blainville (1830).

It was synonymized subjectively with Marsupites by Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1821	Marsupites Mantell p. 135
1826	Sitularia Cumberland
1830	Marsupiocrinites de Blainville
1915	Marsupites Clark and Twitchell p. 39
1961	Marsupites Rasmussen p. 395
2002	Marsupites Sepkoski
2011	Marsupites Hess and Messing p. 97

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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
infraorder	Articulata	(Miller 1821)
order	Comatulida	Clark 1908
suborder	Comatulidina	Clark 1908
superfamily	Uintacrinoidea	Zittel 1879
family	Marsupitidae	d'Orbigny 1852
genus	Marsupites	Mantell 1821

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. †Marsupites Mantell 1821

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†Marsupites lamberti Besairie 1936

†Marsupites testudinarius Schlotheim 1820

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Invalid names: Marsupites americanus Springer 1911 [synonym], Marsupites laevigatus Forbes 1850 [synonym], Marsupites mantelli Bronn 1848 [synonym], Marsupites milleri Mantell 1822 [synonym], Marsupites ornatus Miller 1821 [synonym], Sitularia triangulariformis Cumberland 1826 [synonym]

Invalid names: Marsupiocrinites de Blainville 1830 [synonym], Sitularia Cumberland 1826 [synonym]

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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	USA (Mississippi)	M. americanus (107505)
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	Poland	M. testudinarius (183399 183401)
Late/Upper Santonian	85.8 - 83.5	Canada (British Columbia)	M. lamberti (210550) M. sp. (210551 210553 210558 210559 210560) M. sp., M. testudinarius (210544 210554) M. testudinarius (134731 210545 210546 210547 210549 210552 210555 210556 210557 210561)