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Aphelecrinidae

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Aphelecrinidae

Taxonomy
Aphelecrinidae was named by Strimple (1967).

It was assigned to Scytalocrinacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Scytalocrinoidea by Webster and Jell (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Aphelecrinidae Strimple
1978Aphelecrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T653
1992Aphelecrinidae Webster and Jell p. 337

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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
superfamilyScytalocrinoidea()
familyAphelecrinidaeStrimple 1967
familyAphelecrinidaeStrimple 1967

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. †Aphelecrinidae Strimple 1967
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G. †Aphelecrinus Kirk 1944
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†Aphelecrinus tensus Whidborne 1896
G. †Cosmetocrinus Kirk 1941
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†Cosmetocrinus middalyaensis Webster and Jell 1992
G. †Paracosmetocrinus Strimple 1967
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 Early/Lower Famennian to the top of the Sakmarian or 372.15000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5China (Xinjiang) Cosmetocrinus parvus (3562)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Cosmetocrinus sp. (38295 38302) Paracosmetocrinus sp. (38329)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Cosmetocrinus sp., Paracosmetocrinus sp. (38304)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Iran (Kerman) Paracosmetocrinus delicatus (201824)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Iowa) Aphelecrinus sp., Paracosmetocrinus sp. (73163) Paracosmetocrinus sp. (73273)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Canada (Alberta) Cosmetocrinus sp. (8610)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Utah) Paracosmetocrinus lundi (42028)
Hastarian - Ivorian358.86 - 346.7Iran (Kerman) Paracosmetocrinus delicatus (57115)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Kentucky) Cosmetocrinus gracilis (37879)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom Aphelecrinus angustatus (90831)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom Aphelecrinus dilatatus, Aphelecrinus parvus (90822) Aphelecrinus dilatatus, Aphelecrinus roscobiensis, Aphelecrinus sp., Cosmetocrinus dunlopi (90823) Cosmetocrinus dunlopi (90826)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3USA (Alabama) Aphelecrinus sp. (2710 6749)
Brigantian - Pendleian335.9 - 326.9USA (Indiana) Aphelecrinus oweni (7014)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Indiana) Aphelecrinus oweni, Aphelecrinus randolphensis (6962)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Cosmetocrinus middalyaensis (120568)