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Monobrachiocrinus ficiformis

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Sycocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Monobrachiocrinus ficiformis was named by Wanner (1916).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Monobrachiocrinus ficiformis Wanner p. 104 figs. Pl. 102 (7), figs. 6-9; Fig. 28
1970Monobrachiocrinus ficiformis Arendt p. 137 figs. Pl 5, figs 1,2
2012Monobrachiocrinus ficiformis Webster and Webster p. 1529

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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
superorderCyathoformes
orderCyathocrinida(Bather 1899)
superfamilyHypocrinaceaWanner 1916
familySycocrinitidaeLane 1967
genusMonobrachiocrinusWanner 1916
speciesficiformisWanner 1916

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: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-09 11:50:31
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 290.10000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902Indonesia (Timor) Monobrachiocrinus ficiformis (223631)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Indonesia Monobrachiocrinus ficiformis, Monobrachiocrinus granulatus (118268)
Artinskian - Guadalupian290.1 - 259.51Indonesia (Timor) Monobrachiocrinus granulatus (223634)
Roadian - Wordian274.4 - 264.28Indonesia Monobrachiocrinus ficiformis (39608 39610 39618)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Indonesia (Timor) Monobrachiocrinus ficiformis (223607)