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Plicodendrocrinus observationensis

Crinoidea - Plicodendrocrinidae

Taxonomy
Plicodendrocrinus observationensis was named by Ausich and Copper (2010). It is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Schmidt Creek or Grindstone Member, Anticosti, which is in a Katian marine horizon in the Vaureal Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Plicodendrocrinus observationensis Ausich and Copper

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
ArticuliformesWright 2017
familyPlicodendrocrinidaeJell 1999
genusPlicodendrocrinusBrower 1995
speciesobservationensis

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Plicodendrocrinus observationensis Ausich and Copper 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available