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Acrocrinus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Acrocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Acrocrinus was named by Yandell (1855) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-u C Serp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 986]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Acrocrininae.

It was assigned to Acrocrininae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Monobathrida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Acrocrinus Yandell
1978Acrocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T479
2002Acrocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
familyAcrocrinitidaeAustin and Austin 1842
subfamilyAcrocrininaeWachsmuth and Springer 1885
genusAcrocrinusYandell 1855

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.

G. †Acrocrinus Yandell 1855
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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: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:13:32
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:32:16
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chesterian to the top of the Pendleian or 335.50000 to 327.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9USA (Alabama) A. sp. (2710 6751 6764 6766 6769 6773 6777 6780 6791 6793 6794 6795 6804 6805 6809 6811 6812 6823 6831 6835 6837)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Kentucky) A. sp. (206292)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Illinois) A. constrictus (90814)
Pendleian330.9 - 327.0USA (Indiana) A. constrictus (90812 90813)