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Playfordicrinus
Taxonomy
Playfordicrinus was named by Jell and Jell (1999). Its type is Playfordicrinus kellyensis.
It was assigned to Pisocrinidae by Jell and Jell (1999).
It was assigned to Pisocrinidae by Jell and Jell (1999).
Species
P. kellyensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Playfordicrinus Jell and Jell pp. 224 - 228 |
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G. †Playfordicrinus Jell and Jell 1999
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†Playfordicrinus kellyensis Jell and Jell 1999
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. A. Jell and J. S. Jell 1999 | Cup subspherical, with widely spaced fine granular ornament. Basals 3, irregularly shaped, each asymmetrical with a distal projection at sutures between radials. Radials (or inferradials) 3, large, making up most of the cup; arm-bearing plates variable in number (7-14), with lateral projections distally; articulating facets flat, radially serated in some specimens (probably due to weathering); pararadials 2-9. |
Measurements
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Famennian or 372.15000 to 368.50000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Famennian | Australia (Western Australia) | P. kellyensis (39001 39117) |