Poecilocrinus molestus

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 molestus

Name

• Poecilocrinus molestus Peck, 1943: 472
  • Geological age: Cretaceous; upper Albian
  • Type locality: Main Street, Belton, Texas
  • Typus: holotype University of Missouri, now lost
  • Distribution: Texas, Morocco
  • ZooBank: 51D99109-8CA0-4D9D-AAEA-1BE962330A3B

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. 472, original description as Poecilocrinus dispandus molestus]

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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. 306, as Poecilocrinus molestus, elevated to full species rank, discussion, range extension]
• Scott, R.W., Root, S.A., Tenery, J.H. & Nestell, M.K. 1977. Morphology of the Cretaceous Microcrinoid Poecilocrinus (Roveacrinidae). Journal of Paleontology 51(2): 343-49. JSTOR Reference page.  [See

Links

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