Hessicrinus scalaensis

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: †Hessicrininae
Genus: †Hessicrinus
Species: †Hessicrinus scalaensis

Name

• Hessicrinus scalaensis Gale, 2016: 515
  • Geological age: Cretaceous; Campanian, O. pillula zone
  • Type locality: 2 m above Peacehaven Marl, Friar's Bay Steps, Peacehaven, Sussex, UK
  • Typus: holotype NHMUK EE 16114; paratype NHMUK EE 16113
  • Distribution: Sussex and Wiltshire, UK
  • ZooBank: A50A5F7C-1579-49D5-9872-6934A9B7B83E

References

• Gale, A.S. 2016. Roveacrinida (Crinoidea, Articulata) from the Santonian–Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of England, the US Gulf Coast (Texas, Mississippi) and southern Sweden. Palaeontology, 2(4): 489–582. DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1050 Reference page.  [See p. 515, original description]

Links

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