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Tripatocrinus pustulatus

Crinoidea - Hybocrinida - Cornucrinidae

Taxonomy
Tripatocrinus pustulatus was named by Sprinkle (1973). Its type specimen is USNM 165452 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS locality D979-CO, Lucky Strike Canyon, which is in a Whiterockian marine dolomite in the Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada. It is the type species of Tripatocrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Tripatocrinus pustulatus Sprinkle p. 872 figs. Pls. 1-3, Text-figs. 3-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
superorderPorocrinoidea
orderHybocrinidaJaekel 1918
familyCornucrinidae
genusTripatocrinus
speciespustulatus

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.

Tripatocrinus pustulatus Sprinkle 1973
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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 16:36:32
Modified: 2004-02-28 18:36:32
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Ibexian to the top of the Whiterockian or 488.90000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian488.9 - 471.3USA (Nevada) Tripatocrinus pustulatus (104312)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (California) Tripatocrinus pustulatus (226695)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Tripatocrinus pustulatus (type locality: 90654 104420 104468)