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Saccocoma quenstedti

Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Saccocomidae

Discussion

Paratypes: SMNS 64833,64834

Taxonomy
Saccocoma quenstedti was named by Verniory (1961) [Formally published in Sieverts-Doreck and Hess, 2002, on material briefly originally described in Sieverts-Doreck in Verniory 1961]. Its type specimen is SMNS 64832 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Red Rogoznik coquina, limestone quarry at Rogoznik, Pieniny Klippen Belt, which is in a Tithonian/Tithonian deep subtidal grainstone in the Dursztyn Formation of Poland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Saccocoma quenstedti Verniory
1979Saccocoma quenstedti Pisera and Dzik p. 811
2002Saccocoma quenstedti Hess

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—Eucladida
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderRoveacrinidaSieverts-Doreck
familySaccocomidaed'Orbigny 1852
subfamilySaccocominaed'Orbigny 1852
genusSaccocomaAgassiz 1836
speciesquenstedtiVerniory 1961

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.

†Saccocoma quenstedti Verniory 1961
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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: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2014-09-12 15:04:11
Modified: 2014-09-12 15:04:11
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Donovan 1994

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Middle Tithonian or 251.90200 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7Norway (Svalbard) Saccocoma quenstedti (181724)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany (Swabia) Saccocoma quenstedti (186313 186316 186317 186319 186321 186322 186323 186325)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Saccocoma quenstedti (225669)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Swabia) Saccocoma quenstedti (186327 186328 186329)
Early/Lower Tithonian - Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland (Silesian Voivodeship) Saccocoma quenstedti (type locality: 239383)