Stellacrinus hughesae

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: †Stellacrinus
Species: Stellacrinus hughesae
Subspecies: S. h. cristatus – S. h. hughesae

Name

• Stellacrinus hughesae Gale, 2016: 519
  • Geological age: Cretaceous; Campanian, M. testudinarius zone through G. quadrata zone
  • Type locality: Meeching Marls, O. pillula zone, Friar's Bay Steps, Sussex, U
  • Typus: Holotype NHMUK EE 16148; paratypes NHMUK EE 16149-16154, 16202
  • Distribution: UK, Netherlands, Texas
  • ZooBank: 73BD6A02-E7D6-41F6-8070-1996F9324038

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. 519, original description]

Links

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