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Dendrocrinus alternatus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Dendrocrinidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
D. acutidactylus, D. latibrachiatus, D. leptos, D. longidactylus, D. minutus, D. simcoensis, D. tener
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. aphelos, D. arrugius, D. bactronodosus, D. curvijunctus, D. daytonensis, D. extensidiscus, D. gasworksensis, D. granditubus, D. gregarius, D. kayi, D. latibranchiatus, D. oswegoensis, D. parvus, D. rusticus, D. saundersi, D. similis, D. ursae

Synonymy list
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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
superfamilyDendrocrinaceaWachsmuth and Springer 1886
familyDendrocrinidaeWachsmuth and Springer 1886
genusDendrocrinusHall 1852
speciesalternatus

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Mohawkian to the top of the Maysvillian or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (New York) Dendrocrinus alternatus (104597 104599 104603)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Dendrocrinus alternatus (26293)