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Eudesicrinus mayalis

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Eudesicrinidae

Taxonomy
Plicatocrinus mayalis was named by Deslongchamps (1858). It is the type species of Eudesicrinus.

It was recombined as Eudesicrinus mayalis by Jäger (1985) and Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Plicatocrinus mayalis Deslongchamps p. 44 figs. Pl 6, figs 3,4
1985Eudesicrinus mayalis Jäger p. 91 figs. Pl 2, figs 18,19
2011Eudesicrinus mayalis Hess and Messing p. 204

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderCyrtocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1953
suborderHolopodinaArendt 1974
familyEudesicrinidaeBather 1899
genusEudesicrinusLoriol 1882
speciesmayalis(Deslongchamps 1858)

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.

Eudesicrinus mayalis Deslongchamps 1858
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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: stationaryo
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:27:36
Modified: 2004-02-28 18:27:36
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliensbachian to the top of the Spinatum or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Raricostatum - Spinatum196.5 - 183.0Germany Eudesicrinus mayalis (162047)
Davoei189.6 - 183.0Germany Eudesicrinus mayalis (162031)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Aalenian189.6 - 171.6France Eudesicrinus mayalis (197653)