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Stenometra otekaikeensis

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Thalassometridae

Taxonomy
Stenometra otekaikeensis was named by Eagle (2007). Its type specimen is AU19053 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AU19053, Ardlogie Station lime-pit (J40/f053A), which is in a Waitakian carbonate limestone in the Otekaike Limestone Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Stenometra otekaikeensis Eagle p. 91 figs. Figs. 5, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
RankNameAuthor
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilyTropiometroidea(Clark 1908)
familyThalassometridaeClark 1908
genusStenometraClark 1909
speciesotekaikeensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:07:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:29:07
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Waitakian or 25.20000 to 21.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (South Island) Stenometra otekaikeensis (type locality: 204563 216914 216919)