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Tuscumbiacrinus madisonensis

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Paragaricocrinidae

Taxonomy
Tuscumbiacrinus madisonensis was named by Keyes et al. (2025). Its type specimen is USNM PAL 781871 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is top, southeastern end of the Madison Quarry, which is in a Meramecian shallow subtidal grainstone in the Tuscumbia Limestone Formation of Alabama. It is the type species of Tuscumbiacrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Tuscumbiacrinus madisonensis Keyes et al. p. 155 figs. 3, 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderCompsocrininaUbaghs 1978
superfamilyPeriechocrinitoidea(Bronn 1848)
familyParagaricocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1942
genusTuscumbiacrinus
speciesmadisonensis

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.

Tuscumbiacrinus madisonensis Keyes et al. 2025
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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: yeso
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:13:32
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:32:16
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Meramecian or 342.90000 to 335.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Alabama) Tuscumbiacrinus madisonensis (type locality: 241998)