Orthogonocrinus apertus

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: †Orthogonocrinus
Species: †Orthogonocrinus apertus

Name

• Orthogonocrinus apertus Peck, 1943: 464
  • Geological age: Cretaceous; upper Albian
  • Type locality: Duck Creek Formation, HTL 57
  • Typus: Univ. of Missouri, E-21-5, apparently lost (Gale, 2020)
  • Distribution: Texas, Oklahoma, UK, North Africa
  • ZooBank: F0EF9789-C3C7-436D-B091-FF0B40057CCF

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. 464, original description]

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• 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. 289, distribution, types]

Links

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