Roveacrinus spinosus

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: †Roveacrininae
Genus: †Roveacrinus
Species: †Roveacrinus spinosus

Name

• Roveacrinus spinosus Peck, 1943: 467
  • Geological age: Cretaceous; lower Cenomanian
  • Type locality: Grayson Marl, Grayson Bluff, Roanoke, Denton County, Texas, USA
  • Typus: holotype, University of Missouri collections, presumed lost
  • Distribution: Texas, UK, Morocco
  • ZooBank: 51ED9EA8-C49A-4F04-BA93-36EA54F0D1E0

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. 467, original description]

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• 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. 440, discussion]
• 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. 298, re-description, occurrence]

Links

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