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Anticosticrinus natiscotecensis

Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Anisocrinidae

Taxonomy
Anticosticrinus natiscotecensis was named by Cole et al. (2025). Its type specimen is AMNH-FI-139850, a calyx (calyx + arms), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Natiscotec River, Anticosti Island, which is in a Hirnantian marine horizon in the Ellis Bay Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Anticosticrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Anticosticrinus natiscotecensis Cole et al. figs. 2, 3

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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)
superorderFlexibilia(Zittel 1895)
orderSagenocrinidaSpringer 1913
superfamilySagenocrinitoidea(Bassler 1938)
familyAnisocrinidaeEckert and Brett 2001
genusAnticosticrinus
speciesnatiscotecensis

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.

Anticosticrinus natiscotecensis Cole et al. 2025
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. R. Cole et al. 2025Anisocrinid with elongate ellipsoidal crown; regular interrays consisting of a single, large plate; radianal pentagonal, positioned directly below the C radial; anal X in contact with the upper left side of the radianal; at least two additional plates positioned directly above the anal X; firmly interlocking proximal brachials and interray plates; brachials fixed through the proximal tertibrachials; fixed intrabrachial plates between half rays and quarter rays; brachial plates with laterally extending rounded to triangular projections.
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 17:17:44
Modified: 2004-02-28 19:17:44
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Hirnantian or 445.20000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Canada (Quebec) Anticosticrinus natiscotecensis (type locality: 241653)