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Praecupulocrinus conjugans

Crinoidea - Merocrinidae

Taxonomy
Dendrocrinus conjugans was named by Billings (1857).

It was recombined as Praecupulocrinus conjugans by Brower (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Dendrocrinus conjugans Billings
1992Praecupulocrinus conjugans Brower

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
familyMerocrinidaeMiller 1890
genusPraecupulocrinusBrower 1992
speciesconjugans()

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.

†Praecupulocrinus conjugans Billings 1857
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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: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:31:37
Modified: 2010-02-10 07:13:41
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Katian or 452.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian452.8 - 445.2Canada (Quebec) Dendrocrinus cylindricus (181082)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Canada (Ontario) Dendrocrinus conjugans (180117) Praecupulocrinus conjugans (192275 192276)
Katian452.8 - 445.2USA (Iowa) Praecupulocrinus conjugans (138446)