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Protencrinus baliensis

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Protencrinidae

Taxonomy
Protencrinus baliensis was named by Webster (2012). Its type specimen is GPIF CrdKap 12, a calyx, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cape south of Bali, Crete, which is in an Asselian marine phyllite in the Fodele Formation of Greece.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Protencrinus baliensis Webster p. 107 figs. 2.7-2.9
2018Protencrinus baliensis Mao et al. p. 1071 figs. 4.1-4.3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
RankNameAuthor
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyErisocrinoidea(Wachsmuth and Springer 1886)
familyProtencrinidaeKnapp 1969
genusProtencrinusJeakel 1918
speciesbaliensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Protencrinus baliensis Webster 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-09 11:50:31
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Asselian or 298.90000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Greece Protencrinus baliensis (type locality: 137662)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5China (Henan) Protencrinus baliensis (197054)