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Pachycephalocrinus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Pachycephalocrinidae

Species
P. jaanussoni (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Pachycephalocrinus Cole and Toom p. 603

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderGlyptocrininaMoore 1952
superfamilyGlyptocrinoidea(von Zittel 1879)
familyPachycephalocrinidae
genusPachycephalocrinus

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.

G. †Pachycephalocrinus Cole and Toom 2019
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Pachycephalocrinus jaanussoni Cole and Toom 2019
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. R. Cole and U. Toom 2019Glyptocrinoid with globose calyx; lobate arm bases; fixed brachials bifurcating once or twice within calyx, often asymmetrically within rays; fixed pinnules up to six or more per ray; relatively few (<10) interradial plates; interray plating 1-2, forming a biseries proximally; fixed intrabrachials present within half rays, occasionally within quarter rays; tegmen high, domed; posterior inter- ray with large periproct opening through calyx side.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:13:32
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:32:16
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available