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Muicrinus

Crinoidea - Myelodactylida - Iocrinidae

Taxonomy
Muicrinus was named by Lin et al. (2018).

It was assigned to Iocrinidae by Lin et al. (2018).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Muicrinus Lin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Disparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderMyelodactylida
familyIocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
genusMuicrinus

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. †Muicrinus Lin et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. P. Lin et al. 2018—Iocrinidae with basal plates visible in side view, anal sac
with smooth plate sculpturing; four (?) primibrachials; free arms branch
only once; fixed interradial plates absent; columnals pentalobate and
holomeric; column helically coiled.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:34:13
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:33:22
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Dapingian or 477.10000 to 469.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floian - Dapingian477.1 - 469.4China (Hubei) M. dawanensis (195231)