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Palaeocomaster messingi

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Solanocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Palaeocomaster messingi was named by Hess (2012). Its type specimen is M10840, a calyx (Cup with centrodorsal), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Pouza farmhouse, which is in a Bathonian slope/ramp reef marl/limestone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Palaeocomaster messingi Hess p. 229 fig. 11a,b

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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
superfamilySolanocrinitoideaJaekel 1918
familySolanocrinitidaeJaekel 1918
genusPalaeocomasterGislen 1924
speciesmessingi

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.

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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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Palaeocomaster messingi (type locality: 225715)