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Bourgueticrinus brydonei

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Bourgueticrinidae

Taxonomy
Bourgueticrinus brydonei was named by Rasmussen (1961). Its type specimen is BMNH B.78650 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. bruennichnielseni, B. hagenowi, B. suessi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Bourgueticrinus brydonei Rasmussen p. 174 figs. Pl 28, figs 1-6
1982Bourgueticrinus brydonei Klikushin p. 816 figs. fig. 3A

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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)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderBourgueticrinina(Sieverts-Doreck 1953)
familyBourgueticrinidaeLoriol 1882
genusBourgueticrinusOrbigny 1840
speciesbrydonei

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.

†Bourgueticrinus brydonei Rasmussen 1961
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Bourgueticrinus brydonei (32148)