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Sacrinus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Rutkowskicrinidae

Taxonomy
Sacrinus was named by Jell and Theron (1999). Its type is Sacrinus gamkaensis.

It was assigned to Rutkowskicrinidae by McIntosh (2001).

Species
S. gamkaensis (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Sacrinus Jell and Theron
2001Sacrinus McIntosh

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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
superfamilyGlossocrinacea
familyRutkowskicrinidae
genusSacrinusJell and Theron 1999

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.

G. †Sacrinus Jell and Theron 1999
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Sacrinus gamkaensis Jell and Theron 1999
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, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 410.62000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47South Africa S. gamkaensis (35578)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95South Africa S. hexensis (39146)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95South Africa S. gamkaensis (35592 35593)