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Amabilicrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Amabilicrinidae

Taxonomy

Species
A. bahramensis, A. iranensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Amabilicrinus Webster et al. pp. 16 - 17

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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
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyGlossocrinacea
familyAmabilicrinidae
genusAmabilicrinus

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. †Amabilicrinus Webster et al. 2003
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Amabilicrinus bahramensis Webster et al. 2003
Amabilicrinus iranensis Webster et al. 2003
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. D. Webster et al. 2003Crown slender elongate. Cup conical, 3 anals in
primitive postion, radial facets plenary or very slightly peneplenary.
Arms formed of pinnulate rectilinear to slightly cuneate brachials.
Primibrachials one or two. A ray rarely atomous through complete length. Distal branching common. Tegmen slender, elongate, formed of plicate, wide, hexagonal plates in several columns with main rib formed of linearly coalesced central nodes. Stem pentagonal to pentalobate proximally, may become round distally, heteromorphic, may be very cirrate distally.
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: 2009-10-09 11:50:31
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Hastarian or 358.86000 to 353.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Iran (Kerman) A. iranensis, A. bahramensis (201824)
Hastarian - Ivorian358.86 - 346.7Iran (Kerman) A. iranensis, A. bahramensis (57115)