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Rhenocrinacea

Crinoidea - Poteriocrinina

Taxonomy
Rhenocrinacea was named by Jaekel (1918). Its type is Rhenocrinus.

It was assigned to Poteriocrinina by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Webster and Lane (1987), Webster (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Rhenocrinacea Jaekel
1978Rhenocrinacea Ubaghs et al. p. T630
1987Rhenocrinacea Webster and Lane p. 9
1990Rhenocrinacea Webster p. 63

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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
orderPoteriocrinina(Jaekel 1918)
superfamilyRhenocrinaceaJaekel 1918
superfamilyRhenocrinaceaJaekel 1918

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. †Rhenocrinacea Jaekel 1918
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Fm. †Proctothylacocrinidae Kier 1952
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G. †Decacrinus Yeltysheva 1957
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Decacrinus pennatus Yeltysheva 1957
Decacrinus tenuicrenulatus Moore and Jeffords 1968
G. †Kuzbassocrinus Yeltysheva 1957
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Kuzbassocrinus bystrowi Yeltysheva 1957
G. †Proctothylacocrinus Kier 1952
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Fm. †Rhenocrinidae Jaekel 1918
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G. †Araeocrinus Strimple and Watkins 1969
G. †Maragnicrinus Whitfield 1905
G. †Rhenocrinus Jaekel 1906
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 Lochkovian to the top of the Kungurian or 419.62000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (Victoria) Decacrinus sp. (39122)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Russian Federation Kuzbassocrinus sp. (24737)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany Rhenocrinus ramosissimus, Rhenocrinus lobatus (26904)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Mongolia Kuzbassocrinus binidigitatus (79716)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) Proctothylacocrinus longus (38464) Proctothylacocrinus longus, Proctothylacocrinus esseri (38463)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Western Australia) Rhenocrinidae indet. (120613)