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Paracomatulacea (disused)

Crinoidea - Comatulida

Taxonomy
Paracomatulacea was named by Hess (1951). Its type is Paracomatula.

It was corrected as Paracomatuloidea by Hess and Messing (2011) and Hess (2012).

It was assigned to Comatulidina by Simms (1994), Hess and Messing (2011) and Hess (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Paracomatulacea Hess
1994Paracomatulacea Simms p. 172
2011Paracomatuloidea Hess and Messing p. 73
2012Paracomatuloidea Hess p. 226

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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)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilyParacomatulaceaHess 1951
superfamilyParacomatulaceaHess 1951

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.

Superfm. †Paracomatulacea Hess 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:07:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:29:07
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available