Discocrinus catastomus

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: Discocrinus
Species: Discocrinus catastomus

Name

• Discocrinus catastomus Peck, 1943: 474
  • Geological age: Cretaceous; upper Albian
  • Type locality: FT. Worth Fm., HTL 28
  • Typus: holotype U Missouri E-13-4; paratypes U Missouri E-13-5
  • Distribution: Texas
  • ZooBank: F2DDF3B8-940E-4F54-8201-5ABA6FB83D65

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. 474, 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. 288, comparisons with other species]

Links

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