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Cercidocrinidae

Crinoidea - Cercidocrinidae

Taxonomy
Cercidocrinidae was named by Moore and Laudon (1943). Its type is Cercidocrinus.

It was assigned to Scytalocrinoidea by Webster et al. (2009); and to Scytalocrinacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Kammer and Roeser (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Cercidocrinidae Moore and Laudon
1978Cercidocrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T652
2009Cercidocrinidae Webster et al. p. 35
2012Cercidocrinidae Kammer and Roeser p. 477

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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)
suborderDendrocrininaBather 1899
superfamilyScytalocrinacea
familyCercidocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
familyCercidocrinidaeMoore 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. †Cercidocrinidae Moore and Laudon 1943
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G. †Ascetocrinus Kirk 1940
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Ascetocrinus whitei Hall 1861
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Invalid names: Scaphiocrinus subcarinatus Hall 1863 [synonym]
G. †Coeliocrinus White 1863
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Coeliocrinus arenaceus Webster et al. 2009
G. †Cuyahogacrinus Kammer and Roeser 2012
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Cuyahogacrinus lodiensis Kammer and Roeser 2012
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: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Sakmarian or 358.86000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Ohio) Ascetocrinus whitei (236671) Cuyahogacrinus lodiensis (276404)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Kentucky) Coeliocrinus subspinosus (65691)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Oman Coeliocrinus arenaceous (101078)