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Blothrocrinidae

Crinoidea - Blothrocrinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Blothrocrinidae Moore and Laudon
1967Blothrocrinidae Webster and Lane p. 15
1978Blothrocrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T648
2009Blothrocrinidae Webster et al. p. 246

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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
superfamilyScytalocrinoidea()
familyBlothrocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
familyBlothrocrinidaeMoore 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.

Fm. †Blothrocrinidae Moore and Laudon 1943
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G. †Carcinocrinus Laudon 1941
G. †Culmicrinus Jaekel 1918
G. †Elibatocrinus Moore 1940
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Elibatocrinus elegans Strimple and Moore 1971
Elibatocrinus elongatus Webster and Lane 1967
G. †Fifeocrinus Wright 1951
G. †Huqficrinus Webster et al. 2009
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Huqficrinus biserialis Webster et al. 2009
G. †Nebraskacrinus Moore 1939
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G. †Stinocrinus Kirk 1941
G. †Ulrichicrinus Springer 1926
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 Kinderhookian to the top of the Artinskian or 358.86000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) Stinocrinus sp. (6734)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Montana) Culmicrinus jeffersonensis (12771)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) Stinocrinus granulosus (5869)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) Culmicrinus verus, Ulrichicrinus agnatus (37879)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom Fifeocrinus tielensis (90822 90823)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Montana) Blothrocrinidae indet. (230495)
Namurian330.3 - 318.7Spain (León) Culmicrinus sp. (277239)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Elibatocrinus sp. (90797)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0China (Xinjiang) Blothrocrinidae indet. (92636)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Nebraska) Elibatocrinus sp. (44411)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Elibatocrinus sp. (90808)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Illinois) Elibatocrinus elegans (51191)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) Elibatocrinus sp. (72365 72367 72368 72373 72374 72384 72385)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Elibatocrinus sp. (72366 72371 72372 72375 72377 72378 72383)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Oklahoma) Elibatocrinus elongatus (87284)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Oman Huqficrinus biserialis (101079)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nevada) Elibatocrinus elongatus (90756 90757) Elibatocrinus sp. (74742)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Nebraska) Nebraskacrinus tourteloti (116096)