Hessicrinus thoracifer

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Roveacrinida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Crinozoa Classis: Crinoidea Subclassis: Articulata Ordo: †Roveacrinida

Familia: †Roveacrinidae
Subfamilia: †Hessicrininae
Genus: †Hessicrinus
Species: †Hessicrinus thoracifer

Name

• Hessicrinus thoracifer Gale, 2019: 488
  • Geological age: Cretaceous; Coniacian through upper Turonian
  • Type locality: Micraster cortestudinarium Zone, Surrey, UK
  • Typus: holotype NHMUK EE 15634; paratypes NHMUK EE 25702, 15622-15624
  • Distribution: Anglo-Paris Basin, Tunisia
  • ZooBank: 0BD95CD7-DA95-42B8-958F-C243BFE4210E

References

• Gale, A.S. 2019. Microcrinoids (Echinodermata, Articulata, Roveacrinida) from the Cenomanian-Santonian chalk of the Anglo-Paris Basin: taxonomy and biostratigraphy. Revue de paléobiologie, 38(2): 379–533. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3579355 Reference page.  [See p. 488, 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. 307, discussion, range extension]

Links

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