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Stuartwellercrinus symmetricus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Spaniocrinidae

Taxonomy
Cibolocrinus symmetricus was named by Weller (1909). Its type specimen is Walker Mus 13372, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cibolo Creek, east bluff 0.5 miles below Cibolo Ranch, breccia zone, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Cibolo Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Stuartwellercrinus symmetricus by Webster (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Cibolocrinus symmetricus Weller p. 633 figs. Pl 1, figs 27-30
2006Stuartwellercrinus symmetricus Webster

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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
superfamilyScytalocrinoidea()
familySpaniocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
genusStuartwellercrinusMoore and Plummer 1937
speciessymmetricus()

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Cibolocrinus symmetricus (type locality: 89392)