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Bourgueticrinus ellipticus

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Bourgueticrinidae

Taxonomy

Apiocrinites ellipticus was named by Miller (1821). It is the type species of Bourgueticrinus.

It was recombined as Bourgueticrinus ellipticus by Rasmussen (1961), Klikushin (1982), Jagt and Odin (2001), Hess and Messing (2011) and Lach and Salamon (2016).

Synonyms

Bourgueticrinus milleri was named by mCoy (1848).

It was synonymized subjectively with Bourgueticrinus ellipticus by Rasmussen (1961) and Lach and Salamon (2016).
Mesocrinus suedicus was named by Carpenter (1881).

It was recombined as Bourgueticrinus suedicus by Rasmussen (1961) and Hess and Messing (2011); it was synonymized subjectively with Bourgueticrinus ellipticus by Lach and Salamon (2016).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1821	Apiocrinites ellipticus Miller
1848	Bourgueticrinus milleri mCoy
1881	Mesocrinus suedicus Carpenter
1961	Bourgueticrinus ellipticus Rasmussen p. 182 figs. Pl 24, figs 11-16; pl 60, fig 2
1961	Bourgueticrinus suedicus Rasmussen p. 196 figs. Pl 27, figs 1-8
1982	Bourgueticrinus ellipticus Klikushin p. 818 figs. fig. 4 D, E, F
2001	Bourgueticrinus ellipticus Jagt and Odin p. 640 figs. Pl 1, figs 18,19
2011	Bourgueticrinus ellipticus Hess and Messing p. 149
2011	Bourgueticrinus suedicus Hess and Messing p. 149
2016	Bourgueticrinus ellipticus Lach and Salamon

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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	Bourgueticrinina	(Sieverts-Doreck 1953)
family	Bourgueticrinidae	Loriol 1882
genus	Bourgueticrinus	Orbigny 1840
species	ellipticus	(Miller 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.

†Bourgueticrinus ellipticus Miller 1821

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Invalid names: Bourgueticrinus milleri mCoy 1848 [synonym], Mesocrinus suedicus Carpenter 1881 [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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 86.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Santonian	86.3 - 83.6	Poland	Bourgueticrinus ellipticus (183398 183399 183400 183401)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	Poland	Bourgueticrinus ellipticus (183403 183404)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Germany	Bourgueticrinus ellipticus (64130 64131 64180)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Belgium (Liege)	Bourgueticrinus suedicus (32147 32150)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	France (Landes)	Bourgueticrinus ellipticus (213833 213880 213886 213898 214021 214023 214027)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	France (Landes)	Bourgueticrinus ellipticus (214058 214127 214128 214175 214177 214182 214188 214190 214213 214214 214218)