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Erisocrinus longwelli

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Erisocrinidae

Taxonomy
Erisocrinus longwelli was named by Lane and Webster (1966) [Holotype now at Los Angeles County Museum]. Its type specimen is UCLA 39632, a calyx, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Erisocrinus longwelli Lane and Webster pp. 43-44 figs. Pl 10, figs 1-3,5,6
2018Erisocrinus longwelli Mao et al. p. 1076 figs. 5.5, 5.6

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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
superfamilyErisocrinoidea(Wachsmuth and Springer 1886)
familyErisocrinidaeMiller 1889
genusErisocrinusMeek and Worthen 1865
specieslongwelli

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.

Erisocrinus longwelli Lane and Webster 1966
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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: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-09 11:50:31
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:50:31
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Melekhovian or 298.90000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52China (Henan) Erisocrinus longwelli (197054)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) Erisocrinus longwelli (74742 90756 90757)
Melekhovian264.9 - 251.902USA (Nebraska) Erisocrinus longwelli (124480 124481)