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Tasmanocrinus mariensis

Crinoidea - Ampelocrinida

Taxonomy
Tasmanocrinus mariensis was named by Willink (1979). Its type specimen is UT 96828, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Maria Island, siltstone member of Darlington Limestone, which is in a Sakmarian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Darlington Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Tasmanocrinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Tasmanocrinus mariensis Willink p. 128 figs. 6g-l,7a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderAmpelocrinida
genusTasmanocrinus
speciesmariensis

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Tasmanocrinus mariensis Willink 1979
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Diagnosis
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