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Dunnicrinus mississippiensis
Taxonomy
Dunnicrinus mississippiensis was named by Moore (1967). Its type specimen is KUMIP KJA-6 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Josey Creek, northwest of Starkville, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate siltstone in the Prairie Bluff Formation of Mississippi. It is the type species of Dunnicrinus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1967 | Dunnicrinus mississippiensis Moore p. 9 figs. Pls 1-7; pl 8, figs 3-8; text-figs 1-8 |
| 2011 | Dunnicrinus mississippiensis Hess and Messing p. 151 |
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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.
†Dunnicrinus mississippiensis Moore 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Mississippi) | Dunnicrinus mississippiensis (type locality: 213727 213728) |