Follicrinus astacus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cladida
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: † Cladida

Familia: †Mastigocrinidae
Genus: †Follicrinus
Species: Follicrinus astacus

Name

• †Follicrinus astacus Prokop, 2012: 1, figs 1-2

Holotype: NMP L 40888, almost complete, slightly dorsoventrally compressed crown with opened arms, preserved on the surface of the slab of micritic Choteč limestones.

Type locality: Praha-Hlubočepy, section in the western part of the abandoned quarry “U jezírka”.

Type horizon: Middle Devonian, Eifelian, Choteč Formation, Choteč Limestone.

Etymology: astacus (Latin name for crayfish, in Czech “rak”); after Štěpán Rak, who found and donated this unique specimen to the Palaeontological Department of the National Museum.

References

• Prokop, Rudolf J., 2012: A new species of the genus Follicrinus (Echinodermata, Crinoidea) from the Middle Devonian (Eifelian) of the Czech Republic. Journal of the National Museum (Prague), natural history series, 181: 1–3.