Drepanocrinus communis

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: †Roveacrininae
Genus: †Drepanocrinus
Species: †Drepanocrinus communis
Subspecies: D. c. communis – D. c. dubrisiensis –D. c. rugosus

Name

• Drepanocrinus communis (Douglas, 1908): 359
  • Original genus Roveacrinus
  • Geological age: Cretaceous; upper Turonian to lower Coniacian Volviceramus involutus Zone
  • Type locality: Lectotype locality, upper Lewes Chalk, Micraster cortestudinarium Zone, Seaford Head, Sussex
  • Typus: Lectotype NHMUK E 25705, selected by Peck, 1955: pl. 105, fig. 10
  • Distribution: Great Britain
  • ZooBank: 6A6B6625-5F65-4699-B23A-878150FF1A79

References

• Douglas, J.A. 1908. A note on some new chalk crinoids. Geological Magazine, Decade 5, 5(8): 357–359. DOI: 10.1017/S0016756800138907 BHL Reference page.  [See p. 359, original description as Roveacrinus communis]

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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. 460, discussion, generic re-assignment, subspecies, distribution]
• Peck, R.E. 1955. Cretaceous microcrinoids from England. Journal of paleontology, 29(6): 1019–1029. JSTOR Reference page.  [See p. 1024, lectotype designation]

Links

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