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Eomyelodactylus foerstei

Crinoidea - Myelodactylida - Myelodactylidae

Taxonomy
Eomyelodactylus forestei was named by Ausich and Copper (2010).

It was corrected as Eomyelodactylus foerstei by Ausich and Copper (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Eomyelodactylus forestei Ausich and Copper
2010Eomyelodactylus foerstei Ausich and Copper p. 71

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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)
orderMyelodactylida
familyMyelodactylidaeMiller 1883
genusEomyelodactylusFoerste 1919
speciesfoerstei()

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.

Eomyelodactylus foerstei Ausich and Copper 2010
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Telychian or 440.50000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Canada (Quebec) Eomyelodactylus foerstei (202387 202388)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Eomyelodactylus foerstei (202394 202395 202396)