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Simcoecrinus
Taxonomy
Simcoecrinus was named by Wright et al. (2019). Its type is Simcoecrinus mahalaki.
It was assigned to Euspirocrinidae by Wright et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Euspirocrinidae by Wright et al. (2019).
Species
S. mahalaki (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2019 | Simcoecrinus Wright et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. F. Wright et al. 2019 | A euspirocrinid with a small, rounded calyx
bearing stellate ridges; radial facets angustary, narrow; radianal present, hexagonal in shape; anal X pentagonal, present in cup, positioned above the radianal and in lateral contact with the C and D ray radial plates; anal sac large, elongated cone with straight sides, sac plates ornamented with radial ridges; brachials uniserial; arms branching isotomously at least three to five times; column pentagonal, pentameric. |
Measurements
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004 | |||||