Discocrinus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Roveacrinida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Crinozoa Classis: Crinoidea Subclassis: Articulata Ordo: †Roveacrinida

Familia: †Roveacrinidae
Subfamilia: †Orthogonocrininae
Genus: Discocrinus
Species: D. africanus – D. catastomus – D. wrighti –

Name

• Discocrinus Peck, 1943: 474
  • Geological range: Cretaceous; upper Albian to lower Cenomanian
  • Type species: Discocrinus catastomus Peck, 1943: 474, OD
  • ZooBank: E9549584-E175-4036-9877-A7727589D8CE

References

• Peck, R.E. 1943. Lower Cretaceous crinoids from Texas. Journal of paleontology, 17(5): 451–475. DOI: 10.2307/1299182 JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 474, original designation]

---

• Gale, A.S. 2019. Microcrinoids (Echinodermata, Articulata, Roveacrinida) from the Cenomanian-Santonian chalk of the Anglo-Paris Basin: taxonomy and biostratigraphy. Revue de paléobiologie, 38(2): 379–533. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3579355 Reference page.  [See p. 474, discussion and inclusion in Orthogonocrininae]
• Gale, A.S. 2020. Roveacrinidae (Crinoidea, Articulata) from the Cenomanian and Turonian of North Africa (Agidir Basin and Anti-Atlas, Morocco, and Central Tunisia): biostratigraphy and taxonomy. Acta Geologica Polonica, 70(3): 273–310. DOI: 10.24425/agp.2019.126458 Reference page.  [See p. 287, additional species]

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Discocrinus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Discocrinus.
• ION