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Placometra laticirra

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Pterocomidae

Taxonomy
Antedon laticirra was named by Carpenter (1880).

It was recombined as Placometra laticirra by Rasmussen (1961), Jagt (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. conica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Antedon laticirra Carpenter
1961Placometra laticirra Rasmussen p. 352 figs. Pl 52, figs 3-5
1999Placometra laticirra Jagt p. 91 figs. Pl. 14; Pl. 24, fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
RankNameAuthor
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—Eucladida
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilyTropiometroidea(Clark 1908)
familyPterocomidaeRasmussen 1978
genusPlacometra
specieslaticirra(Carpenter 1880)

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.

†Placometra laticirra Carpenter 1880
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 93.90000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Placometra laticirra (71069)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Belgium (Liege) Placometra laticirra (32147)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Placometra laticirra (32022)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Placometra laticirra (32167)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Placometra laticirra (32153 32156)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Cretaceous72.2 - 66.0Belgium (Liege) Placometra laticirra (32175)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Placometra laticirra (32162)