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Phyllocrinus voultensis

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Phyllocrinidae

Taxonomy
Phyllocrinus voultensis was named by Hess (2012). 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
2012Phyllocrinus voultensis Hess p. 232 figs. 13b-e

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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
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderCyrtocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1953
suborderCyrtocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
superfamilyEugeniacrinitoidea(Roemer 1855)
familyPhyllocrinidaeJaekel 1907
genusPhyllocrinusOrbigny 1850
speciesvoultensis

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 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Bathonian or 167.70000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian171.6 - 164.7France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Phyllocrinus voultensis (225718)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Phyllocrinus voultensis (type locality: 225715)