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Delocrinus vastus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Catacrinidae

Taxonomy
Delocrinus vastus was named by Lane and Webster (1966) [Holotype now at Los Angeles County Museum]. Its type specimen is UCLA 39626, a calyx, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Delocrinus vastus Lane and Webster p. 45 figs. Pl 12, figs 1,2,5
1974Delocrinus vastus Pabian and Strimple p. 303 figs. Pl 40, fig 7
1978Delocrinus vastus Pabian and Strimple p. 1393 fig. 1

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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)
familyCatacrinidaeKnapp 1969
genusDelocrinusMiller and Gurley 1890
speciesvastus

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.

Delocrinus vastus 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Artinskian or 303.70000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) Delocrinus vastus (116100)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) Delocrinus vastus (74742 90756)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nebraska) Delocrinus vastus (116096)