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Eopilidiocrinus heckeri

Crinoidea - Cyathocrinida - Pilidiocrinidae

Taxonomy
Pilidiocrinus heckeri was named by Arendt (1970). Its type specimen is PIN 1786/9142, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Peshcherny rock, Ufa river, Krasnoufimsk, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Div'ya Formation of the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Eopilidiocrinus heckeri by Arendt (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Pilidiocrinus heckeri Arendt p. 185 figs. Pl 15, figs 1-20; pl 16, figs 1-6; text-figs 59-61
1981Eopilidiocrinus heckeri Arendt p. 100

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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
familyPilidiocrinidae(Arendt 1970)
genusEopilidiocrinus
speciesheckeri(Arendt 1970)

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.

†Eopilidiocrinus heckeri Arendt 1970
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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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Russian Federation Pilidiocrinus heckeri (90764 101527 101531 101532)