Discocrinus wrighti

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: Discocrinus wrighti

Name

• Discocrinus wrighti Peck, 1955: 1028
  • Geological age: Cretaceous; lower Cenomanian
  • Type locality: chalk marl, 10' above base, north of Cambridge, UK
  • Typus: Holotype NHMUK E 15512, paratype NHMUK E 15517
  • Distribution: UK
  • ZooBank: 9FEA84A6-090F-44AF-9F1B-FFDF93540AD2

References

• Peck, R.E. 1955. Cretaceous microcrinoids from England. Journal of paleontology, 29(6): 1019–1029. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 1028, original description]

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• 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. 476, supplemental description]

Links

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