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Tapinocrinus spinosus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Graphiocrinidae

Taxonomy
Graphiocrinus timoricus spinosa was named by Wanner (1916).

It was recombined as Tapinocrinus spinosus by Webster (1987), Webster (1990), Webster and Jell (1992) and Webster and Donovan (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Graphiocrinus timoricus spinosa Wanner
1987Tapinocrinus spinosus Webster p. 121
1990Tapinocrinus spinosus Webster p. 65 figs. Pl 2, figs 8-10
1992Tapinocrinus spinosus Webster and Jell p. 343 fig. 11E
2015Tapinocrinus spinosus Webster and Donovan p. 517

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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
superfamilyGraphiocrinoidea
familyGraphiocrinidaeWachsmuth and Springer 1886
genusTapinocrinus
speciesspinosus(Wanner 1916)

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.

Tapinocrinus spinosus Wanner 1916
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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: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Western Australia) Tapinocrinus spinosus (72211 120584 120611)