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Caryocrinites rugatus

Rhombifera - Caryocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Hemicosmites rugatus was named by Forbes (1848). Its type specimen is BGS GSM and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lower Cresswell Farm, about 3.75 km southeast of Llanddowror, which is in a Cautleyan marine mudstone in the Slade and Redhill Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Caryocrinites rugatus by Lanc et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Hemicosmites rugatus Forbes
2015Caryocrinites rugatus Lanc et al. pp. 8 - 14 fig. 7–11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classRhombifera(Zittel 1879)
superfamilyHemicosmitoida(Jaekel 1918)
familyCaryocrinitidaeBassler 1938
genusCaryocrinitesSay 1825
speciesrugatus(Forbes 1848)

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.

Caryocrinites rugatus Forbes 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-09 11:59:53
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:59:53
Source: g = genus, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Berounian to the top of the Rawtheyan or 459.70000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berounian459.7 - 450.1Spain (Zaragoza) Caryocrinites rugatus (196901)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8United Kingdom (Wales) Caryocrinites rugatus (196868) Hemicosmites rugatus (type locality: 196892)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan449.2 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) Caryocrinites rugatus (8291)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) Caryocrinites rugatus (185115 196867 196869)