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Praetetracrinus bathonicus

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Tetracrinidae

Taxonomy
Praetetracrinus bathonicus was named by Hess (2012). Its type specimen is M19875, a calyx (Radial), 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
2012Praetetracrinus bathonicus Hess p. 241 fig. 22

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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
superfamilyPlicatocrinoideaZittel 1879
familyTetracrinidaeJaeger 1995
genusPraetetracrinus
speciesbathonicus

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, 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) Praetetracrinus bathonicus (type locality: 225715)