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Bilecicrinus

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Tetracrinidae

Taxonomy
Bilecicrinus was named by Manni and Nicosia (1990) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine-u , J Plie-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Bilecicrinus anatolicus.

It was assigned to Cyrtocrinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tetracrinidae by Hess and Messing (2011).

Species
B. anatolicus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Bilecicrinus Manni and Nicosia
2002Bilecicrinus Sepkoski
2011Bilecicrinus Hess and Messing p. 196

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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
suborderCyrtocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
superfamilyPlicatocrinoideaZittel 1879
familyTetracrinidaeJaeger 1995
genusBilecicrinusManni and Nicosia 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. †Bilecicrinus Manni and Nicosia 1990
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Bilecicrinus anatolicus Manni and Nicosia 1990
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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available