Poecilocrinus dispandus

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: †Plotocrininae
Genus: †Poecilocrinus
Species: †Poecilocrinus dispandus
Subspecies: P. d. dispandus – P. d. elongatus – P. d. explicatus – P. d. molestus

Name

• Poecilocrinus dispandus Peck, 1943: 471
  • Geological range: Cretaceous; upper Albian
  • Type locality: lower Cretaceous; Ft. Worth Fm., HTL43
  • Typus: holotype illustrated in Peck, 1943; pl. 75, fig. 2 Missouri University collections, probably lost, Gale, 2020
  • Distribution: Texas, Oklahoma, Morocco
  • ZooBank: FB08FE32-C5D9-428E-9829-3249EA03A854

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. 471, 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. 304, status of primary types, discussion, expanded range]

Links

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