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Pentacrinites ausichi

Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Pentacrinitidae

Taxonomy
Pentacrinites ausichi was named by Hess (2012). Its type specimen is M10921, a set of stem ossicles (nodal), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pont des Étoiles, which is in a Bajocian/Bathonian platform/shelf-margin reef limestone/marl in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Pentacrinites ausichi Hess p. 217 fig. 3

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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
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderIsocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1952
suborderPentacrinitinaGray 1842
familyPentacrinitidaeGray 1842
genusPentacrinitesBlumenbach 1804
speciesausichi

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.

Pentacrinites ausichi Hess 2012
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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 17:08:50
Modified: 2004-02-28 19:08:50
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Bathonian or 171.60000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian171.6 - 164.7France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Pentacrinites ausichi (type locality: 225718)