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Laevigatocrinus laevigatus

Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae

Taxonomy
Pentacrinus laevigatus was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Laevigatocrinus.

It was recombined as Laevigatocrinus laevigatus by Hess and Messing (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Pentacrinus laevigatus Münster p. 50 figs. Pl 4, fig 7
1843Pentacrinus venustus Klipstein p. 277 figs. Pl 18, fig 24
1865Pentacrinus laevigatus Laube p. 57 figs. Pl 8a, fig 21
2011Laevigatocrinus laevigatus Hess and Messing p. 58

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
RankNameAuthor
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderIsocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1952
suborderIsocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
familyIsocrinidaeGislén 1924
subfamilyBalanocrininaeRoux 1981
genusLaevigatocrinusKlikushin 1979
specieslaevigatus()

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.

Laevigatocrinus laevigatus Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Pentacrinus venustus Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2014-09-12 15:03:18
Modified: 2014-09-12 15:03:18
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Donovan 1994

Age range: Julian or 235.00000 to 232.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Pentacrinus laevigatus (type locality: 137429)