Chariocrinus japonicus, a new species of isocrinid crinoid (Articulata) from the Lower Cretaceous of Takayama City, central Japan

• Main Authors: Hunter, Aaron, Oji, T., Ewin, T., Kitazawa, K.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Mizunami Fossil Museum 2011
• Subjects: Hess; Median Ridge; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10223

A specimen, originally described as ‘Pentacrinus’ from the Middle–Upper Jurassic of central Japan, is re-analysed and now recognised to be a new species of the genus Chariocrinus Hess, 1972, from the Lower Cretaceous. Chariocrinus japonicus sp. nov. has nine columnals per noditaxis, low columnal hei...