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Roveacrinus communis

Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Roveacrinidae

Taxonomy
Roveacrinus communis was named by Douglas (1908). Its type specimen is BMNH E-45705 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Roveacrinus communis Douglas p. 359 figs. Pl 17, figs 3,?4
1921Drepanocrinus sessilis Jaekel p. 72 figs. 55A-J
1933Roveacrinus westfalicus Sieverts p. 56 fig. 1,2
1961Roveacrinus communis Rasmussen p. 366 figs. Pl 53, figs 1-8
2019Roveacrinus communis Žítt et al. p. 93 figs. 8I,J, 9B-G

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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
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderRoveacrinidaSieverts-Doreck
familyRoveacrinidaePeck 1943
genusRoveacrinusDouglas 1908
speciescommunisDouglas 1908

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.

Roveacrinus communis Douglas 1908
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Invalid names: Drepanocrinus sessilis Jaekel 1921 [synonym], Roveacrinus westfalicus Sieverts 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:16:33
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:40:08
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 100.50000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Czechia Roveacrinus communis (64044)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Roveacrinus communis (212771)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Roveacrinus communis (71069)