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Quenstedticrinus

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Quenstedticrinidae

Taxonomy
Quenstedticrinus was named by Klikushin (1987) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine-u J Plie-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Quenstedticrinus quenstedti. It is the type genus of Quenstedticrinidae.

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

Species
Q. quenstedti (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Quenstedticrinus Klikushin
2002Quenstedticrinus Sepkoski
2011Quenstedticrinus Hess and Messing p. 198

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
familyQuenstedticrinidaeKlikushin 1987
genusQuenstedticrinusKlikushin 1987

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. †Quenstedticrinus Klikushin 1987
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Quenstedticrinus quenstedti Klikushin 1987
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: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available