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Graphiocrinus scopulus

Crinoidea

Taxonomy
Graphiocrinus scopulus was named by Lane and Webster (1966) [Holotype now at Los Angeles County Museum]. Its type specimen is UCLA 39653, a calyx, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Contocrinus scopulus by Pabian and Strimple (1974).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Graphiocrinus scopulus Lane and Webster p. 46 figs. Pl 10, figs 4,8
1974Contocrinus scopulus Pabian and Strimple p. 312 figs. Pl 40, figs 1-3
2007Graphiocrinus scopulus Webster and Lane p. 952

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
ArticuliformesWright 2017
genusGraphiocrinus
speciesscopulus

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.

Graphiocrinus scopulus 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: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) Graphiocrinus scopulus (74742 90756)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nebraska) Contocrinus scopulus (116096)