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Marsupitidae

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Marsupitidae

Taxonomy
Marsupitidae was named by d'Orbigny (1852). Its type is Marsupites.

It was assigned to Dendrocrinoidea by Clark and Twitchell (1915); to Uintacrinida by Rasmussen (1961); and to Uintacrinoidea by Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Marsupitidae d'Orbigny p. 138
1915Marsupitidae Clark and Twitchell p. 39
1961Marsupitidae Rasmussen p. 395
2011Marsupitidae Hess and Messing p. 97

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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
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilyUintacrinoideaZittel 1879
familyMarsupitidaed'Orbigny 1852
familyMarsupitidaed'Orbigny 1852

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.

Fm. †Marsupitidae d'Orbigny 1852
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G. †Marsupites Mantell 1821
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Marsupites lamberti Besairie 1936
Marsupites testudinarius Schlotheim 1820
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Invalid names: Marsupites americanus Springer 1911 [synonym], Marsupites laevigatus Forbes 1850 [synonym], Marsupites mantelli Bronn 1848 [synonym], Marsupites milleri Mantell 1822 [synonym], Marsupites ornatus Miller 1821 [synonym], Sitularia triangulariformis Cumberland 1826 [synonym]
Invalid names: Marsupiocrinites de Blainville 1830 [synonym], Sitularia Cumberland 1826 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:07:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:29:07
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Santonian or 85.80000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Poland Marsupites testudinarius (183399 183401)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (Mississippi) Marsupites americanus (107505)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (British Columbia) Marsupites lamberti (210550) Marsupites sp. (210551 210553 210558 210559 210560) Marsupites sp., Marsupites testudinarius (210544 210554) Marsupites testudinarius (134731 210545 210546 210547 210549 210552 210555 210556 210557 210561)