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Decameros

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Decameridae

Taxonomy
Decameros was named by Orbigny (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: K Vala K Albi]. It is not extant. Its type is Decameros ricordeanus. It is the type genus of Decameridae.

It was reranked as Solanocrinites (Decameros) by Rasmussen (1961).

It was assigned to Solanocrinites by Rasmussen (1961); to Comatulida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Decameridae by Hess and Messing (2011), Saulsbury et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Decameros Orbigny
1961Solanocrinites (Decameros) Rasmussen p. 252
2002Decameros Sepkoski
2011Decameros Hess and Messing p. 81
2024Decameros Saulsbury et al. p. 1056\

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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
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilySolanocrinitoideaJaekel 1918
familyDecameridaeRasmussen 1978
genusDecamerosOrbigny 1850

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. †Decameros Orbigny 1850
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†Decameros ricordeanus d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Decameros depressus d'Orbigny 1850 [replaced]
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Invalid names: Solanocrinus salvaingi Astre 1935 [synonym]
†Decameros wertheimi Peck and Watkins 1972
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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 121.40000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Spain D. sp. (84552)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Texas) Solanocrinites wertheimi (37835)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Texas) D. wertheimi (241011 241012)