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Cyathidium senessei

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Holopodidae

Taxonomy
Pseudocupressocrinus senessei was named by Valette (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chemin de Cugurou, Bugarach, Aude, which is in a Coniacian foreshore rudstone in France.

It was recombined as Cyathidium senessei by Rasmussen (1961), Hess and Messing (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Pseudocupressocrinus senessei Valette p. 59
1961Cyathidium senessei Rasmussen p. 246 figs. Pl 34, figs 5-7
2011Cyathidium senessei Hess and Messing p. 201

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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)
orderCyrtocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1953
suborderHolopodinaArendt 1974
familyHolopodidaeZittel 1879
genusCyathidiumSteenstrup 1846
speciessenessei(Valette 1934)

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.

Cyathidium senessei Valette 1934
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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: stationaryo
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:27:36
Modified: 2004-02-28 18:27:36
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Pseudocupressocrinus senessei (type locality: 59680)