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David Clark posted a new specimen. 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months agoDavid Clark has contributed specimen mFeM 50448 to myFOSSIL!
David Clark posted a new specimen. 7 years, 6 months ago
David Clark has contributed specimen mFeM 50448 to myFOSSIL!
Could the family be Dolatocrinidae or is that out of date?
https://www.idigbio.org/portal/records/2ab2721f-afb8-49f3-bfbc-1aa35954601b
I need to brush up on the recent papers out of the Ausich lab on crinoid taxonomy…
This is a Clarkeocrinus troosti, named for John Clarke, the first director of the New York State Museum. It’s a common crinoid from the Devonian of New York. Winifred Goldring’s memoir is a free download and great resource for New York crinoids. The NYSM website has the free pdf.
Yeah! I agree with your species identification but was working to fill in the family assignment as you have it blank in the classification scheme.
I’m sorry. I thought you were questioning the genus/species. We have quite a few Dolotacrinus species in Alpena and Arkona and I missed your “family” comment.
I think you’re correct about Dolatocrinidae. I’ll have to look at Davey’s paper to confirm.
No worries! It’s on the taxonomists for naming things so similarly, it gets really confusing!