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Delocrinus titicara

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Catacrinidae

Taxonomy
Delocrinus titicara was named by Strimple and Moore (1971). Its type specimen is FMNH 11626, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yaurichambi (Kjellesvig-Waering crinoid), which is in an Asselian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Copacabana Formation of Bolivia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Delocrinus titicara Strimple and Moore p. 33 figs. 14,15.1-15.3

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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
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyErisocrinoidea(Wachsmuth and Springer 1886)
familyCatacrinidaeKnapp 1969
genusDelocrinusMiller and Gurley 1890
speciestiticara

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.

Delocrinus titicara Strimple and Moore 1971
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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: Asselian or 298.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Bolivia Delocrinus titicara (type locality: 118842)