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Simcoecrinus mahalaki

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Euspirocrinidae

Taxonomy
Simcoecrinus mahalaki was named by Wright et al. (2019) [UMMP = University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology]. Its type specimen is UMMP 74795, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Carden Quarry, Bobcaygeon-Verulam contact zone, which is in a Katian shallow subtidal wackestone/siltstone in the Bobcaygeon-Verulam Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Simcoecrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Simcoecrinus mahalaki Wright et al.

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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
orderCyathocrinida(Bather 1899)
superfamilyCyathocrinitoidea(Roemer 1854)
familyEuspirocrinidaeBather 1890
genusSimcoecrinus
speciesmahalaki

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.

Simcoecrinus mahalaki Wright et al. 2019
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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: 2009-10-09 11:50:31
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Katian or 452.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian452.8 - 445.2Canada (Ontario) Simcoecrinus mahalaki (type locality: 192275)