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Cicerocrinus elegans

Crinoidea - Pisocrinida - Pisocrinidae

Taxonomy
Cicerocrinus elegans was named by Sollas (1900). Its type specimen is OM c 80, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonyms
  • Lagarocrinus tenuis was named by Jaekel (1900). Its type specimen is BM E 5726, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Old Bridge near Ludlow, which is in a Ludfordian marine horizon in the United Kingdom.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Cicerocrinus elegans by Ramsbottom (1958).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Lagarocrinus tenuis Jaekel p. 487
1900Cicerocrinus elegans Sollas p. 267
1958Cicerocrinus elegans Ramsbottom p. 111

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
—Disparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderPisocrinida
familyPisocrinidaeAngelin 1878
genusCicerocrinusSollas 1900
specieselegansSollas 1900

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.

†Cicerocrinus elegans Sollas 1900
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Invalid names: Lagarocrinus tenuis Jaekel 1900 [synonym]
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: 2004-02-28 16:34:13
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:33:22
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ludfordian to the top of the Whitcliffe or 425.00000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7United Kingdom Cicerocrinus elegans (119404 119405) Lagarocrinus tenuis (119403)
Whitcliffe421.3 - 419.62United Kingdom Cicerocrinus elegans (119402)