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Kiimetra miocenica

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Calometridae

Taxonomy
Kiimetra miocenica was named by Shibata and Oji (2007). Its type specimen is NSM PA 15486 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Torinosu Peninsula crinoids, which is in a Miocene/Miocene coastal sandstone in the Shirahama Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Kiimetra.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Kiimetra miocenica Shibata and Oji p. 400
2011Kiimetra miocenica Hess and Messing p. 112

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilyTropiometroidea(Clark 1908)
familyCalometridaeClark 1911
genusKiimetra
speciesmiocenica

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.

Kiimetra miocenica Shibata and Oji 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available