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Moroccocrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Amabilicrinidae

Taxonomy

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Moroccocrinus Webster et al. pp. 1065 - 1067

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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
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyGlossocrinacea
familyAmabilicrinidae
genusMoroccocrinus

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.

G. †Moroccocrinus Webster et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. D. Webster et al. 2005An amabilicrinid recognized by the presence of a ribbed tegmen made of hexagonal plates with elevated coarse multiple-stellate ridge ornament, apical pits and anastomosing or­ nament on the cup, arms branching isotomously on the second primibrachial forming two main rami in each ray, a minimum of seven heterotomous endotomous branchings on each half-ray, lin­ ear ridges on the proximal and medial columnals, round colum- nals lacking cirri proximally, a pentalobate lumen that is large proximally becoming very small distally.
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Morocco M. ebbighauseni (234772 235927)