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Virucrinus

Crinoidea - Eustenocrinida - Eustenocrinidae

Taxonomy
Virucrinus was named by Rozhnov (1990) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde O Cara-m]. It is not extant. Its type is Pentagonocyclicus kegelensis.

It was assigned to Eustenocrinidae by Ausich (1998); and to Disparida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
V. kegelensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Virucrinus Rozhnov
1998Virucrinus Ausich p. 25
2002Virucrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
superorderDisparida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
orderEustenocrinida
familyEustenocrinidaeUlrich 1924
genusVirucrinusRozhnov 1990

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.

G. †Virucrinus Rozhnov 1990
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†Virucrinus kegelensis Yeltyschewa 1966
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, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Kukruse to the top of the Oandu or 458.00000 to 451.80000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Estonia (Harju) Babanicrinus kegelensis (193517)
Idavere458.0 - 452.8Estonia (Harju) Babanicrinus kegelensis (197482)
Idavere458.0 - 452.8Estonia (Ida-Viru) Babanicrinus kegelensis (193514 193521)
Keila453.9 - 452.8Estonia (Ida-Viru) Babanicrinus kegelensis (193516)
Keila453.9 - 452.8Estonia (Kuusiku) V. kegelensis (38037)
Keila453.9 - 452.8Estonia (Lääne-Viru) Babanicrinus kegelensis (197524 197525 197526)
Keila453.9 - 452.8Estonia (Harju) Babanicrinus kegelensis (193520 197490 197527 197528) V. kegelensis (195554)
Keila453.9 - 452.8Estonia Babanicrinus kegelensis (197516 197517 197518 197519 197520 197549)
Oandu452.8 - 451.8Estonia (Harju) Babanicrinus kegelensis (197529)
Oandu452.8 - 451.8Estonia Babanicrinus kegelensis (197550)
Johvi452.8 - 449.9Estonia (Ida-Viru) Babanicrinus kegelensis (193515 193522 197475 197476 197479 197480 197481)
Johvi452.8 - 449.9Estonia (Harju) Babanicrinus kegelensis (193519 197483 197485 197486 197488)
Johvi452.8 - 449.9Estonia Babanicrinus kegelensis (197514 197515)