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Pirasocrinacea

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida

Taxonomy
Pirasocrinacea was named by Moore and Laudon (1943). Its type is Pirasocrinus.

It was corrected as Pirasocrinoidea by Webster et al. (2009).

It was assigned to Poteriocrinina by Moore and Strimple (1973) and Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Dendrocrinida by Webster and Lane (2007) and Webster et al. (2009).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Pirasocrinacea Moore and Laudon
1973Pirasocrinacea Moore and Strimple
1978Pirasocrinacea Ubaghs et al. p. T722
2007Pirasocrinacea Webster and Lane p. 959
2009Pirasocrinoidea Webster et al. p. 248

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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
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyPirasocrinaceaMoore and Laudon 1943
superfamilyPirasocrinaceaMoore and Laudon 1943

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.

Superfm. †Pirasocrinacea Moore and Laudon 1943
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Fm. †Adinocrinidae Strimple 1961
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G. †Adinocrinus Kirk 1938
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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Chadian to the top of the Brigantian or 346.70000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Kentucky) Adinocrinus sp. (6202 6205) Adinocrinus sp., Adinocrinus nodosus (6203)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Tennessee) Adinocrinus sp. (165203)
Osagean - Chadian352.0 - 340.0USA (Kentucky) Adinocrinus nodosus (6201 165199)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) Adinocrinus nodosus (2251 2252 2439 2442)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Kentucky) Adinocrinus nodosus (37879)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) Adinocrinus sp. (558)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom Adinocrinus artus (90822 90823 90825)