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Virucrinus kegelensis

Crinoidea - Eustenocrinida - Eustenocrinidae

Taxonomy
Pentagonocyclicus kegelensis was named by Yeltyschewa (1966). It is the type species of Virucrinus.

It was recombined as Babanocrinus kegelensis by Hynda (1986); it was recombined as Babanicrinus kegelensis by Põlma et al. (1988); it was recombined as Virucrinus kegelensis by Rozhnov (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Pentagonocyclicus kegelensis Yeltyschewa p. 59 figs. Pl. 3, figs. 14-23
1986Babanocrinus kegelensis Hynda p. 87 figs. Pl. 13, figs. 12- 14; Fig. 32
1988Babanicrinus kegelensis Põlma et al.
1990Virucrinus kegelensis Rozhnov p. 69 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 1-10; Figs. 1, nos. a-e; 2.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
superorderDisparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderEustenocrinida
familyEustenocrinidaeUlrich 1924
genusVirucrinusRozhnov 1990
specieskegelensis(Yeltyschewa 1966)

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.

Virucrinus kegelensis Yeltyschewa 1966
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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: 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 et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Kukruse to the top of the Oandu or 458.00000 to 451.80000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Estonia (Harju) Babanicrinus kegelensis (193517)
Idavere458.0 - 453.0Estonia (Harju) Babanicrinus kegelensis (197482)
Idavere458.0 - 453.0Estonia (Ida-Viru) Babanicrinus kegelensis (193514 193521)
Keila453.9 - 453.0Estonia (Harju) Babanicrinus kegelensis (193520 197490 197527 197528) Virucrinus kegelensis (195554)
Keila453.9 - 453.0Estonia (Ida-Viru) Babanicrinus kegelensis (193516)
Keila453.9 - 453.0Estonia (Lääne-Viru) Babanicrinus kegelensis (197524 197525 197526)
Keila453.9 - 453.0Estonia Babanicrinus kegelensis (197516 197517 197518 197519 197520 197549)
Keila453.9 - 453.0Estonia (Kuusiku) Virucrinus kegelensis (38037)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Estonia Babanicrinus kegelensis (197550)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Estonia (Harju) Babanicrinus kegelensis (197529)
Johvi453.0 - 449.9Estonia (Ida-Viru) Babanicrinus kegelensis (193515 193522 197475 197476 197479 197480 197481)
Johvi453.0 - 449.9Estonia (Harju) Babanicrinus kegelensis (193519 197483 197485 197486 197488)
Johvi453.0 - 449.9Estonia Babanicrinus kegelensis (197514 197515)