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Roveacrinoides nudus

Crinoidea - Roveacrinida - Roveacrinidae

Taxonomy
Roveacrinoides nudus was named by Rasmussen (1971). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pit 125, Froxfield, which is in a Turonian marine chalk in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Roveacrinoides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Roveacrinoides nudus Rasmussen p. 287
2011Roveacrinoides nudus Hess and Messing p. 209

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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
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderRoveacrinidaSieverts-Doreck
familyRoveacrinidaePeck 1943
genusRoveacrinoidesRasmussen 1971
speciesnudusRasmussen 1971

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.

Roveacrinoides nudus Rasmussen 1971
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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: facultatively mobileo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:16:33
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:40:08
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) Roveacrinoides nudus (type locality: 71069)