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Pentacrinites fossilis

Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae

Taxonomy

Pentacrinites fossilis was named by Blumenbach (1804). It is the type species of Pentacrinites.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. astralis, P. bryani, P. carolinensis, P. dargniesi, P. dichotomus, P. lusitanicus, P. neocomiensis, P. tuberculatus

Synonyms

Pentacrinites britannicus was named by von Schlotheim (1813).

It was synonymized objectively with Pentacrinites fossilis by Hess and Messing (2011).
Pentacrinites briareus was named by Miller (1821). It is the type species of Extracrinus.

It was recombined as Extracrinus briareus by Austin and Austin (1847); it was synonymized subjectively with Pentacrinites fossilis by Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1804	Pentacrinites fossilis Blumenbach
1813	Pentacrinites britannicus von Schlotheim p. 100
1821	Pentacrinites briareus Miller p. 56
1847	Extracrinus briareus Austin and Austin p. 95
2011	Pentacrinites fossilis Hess and Messing p. 43

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata
subphylum	Blastozoa
class	Crinoidea	Miller 1821
subclass	Pentacrinoidea	Jaekel 1918

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Inadunata	(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—	Cladida	(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—	Eucladida
subclass	Articulata	(Miller 1821)
order	Isocrinida	Sieverts-Doreck 1952
suborder	Pentacrinitina	Gray 1842
family	Pentacrinitidae	Gray 1842
genus	Pentacrinites	Blumenbach 1804
species	fossilis	Blumenbach 1804

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.

†Pentacrinites fossilis Blumenbach 1804

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Invalid names: Pentacrinites briareus Miller 1821 [synonym], Pentacrinites britannicus von Schlotheim 1813 [objective synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

high Mg calcitec

Ontogeny:

accretion, addition of partsp

Environment:

marinep

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yessubc

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Dispersal:

waterp

Dispersal 2:

planktonicp

Created:

2004-02-28 17:08:50

Modified:

2004-02-28 19:08:50

Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 201.40000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Pliensbachian	201.4 - 184.2	Montenegro	Pentacrinites fossilis (206056)