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Cheirocystis radiatus

Rhombifera - Cheirocrinidae

Taxonomy
Chirocrinus radiatus was named by Jaekel (1899). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Volkhov river, which is in a Kunda marine horizon in the Obukhovo Formation of the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Cheirocrinus radiatus by Bassler and Moodey (1943); it was recombined as Cheirocystis radiatus by Paul (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Chirocrinus radiatus Jaekel pp. 213, 220 figs. fig. 40, pl. 18, fig. 1
1943Cheirocrinus radiatus Bassler and Moodey p. 144
1972Cheirocystis radiatus Paul p. 61

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
orderRhombiferaZittel 1879
superfamilyGlyptocystitoida(Bather 1899)
familyCheirocrinidaeJaekel 1899
genusCheirocystis
speciesradiatus(Jaekel 1899)

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.

Cheirocystis radiatus Jaekel 1899
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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: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:36:13
Modified: 2010-02-15 06:45:28
Source: o = order, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Kunda or 469.20000 to 464.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kunda469.2 - 464.3Russian Federation Chirocrinus radiatus (174007)