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Decadocrinus spinulifer

Crinoidea - Poteriocrinina - Decadocrinidae

Taxonomy
Decadocrinus spinulifer was named by Laudon (1936). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Univ. Iowa 1996, a calyx. Its type locality is Quarry at Linwood, which is in a Givetian marine limestone in the Cedar Valley Formation of Iowa.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Decadocrinus spinulifer Laudon

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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
orderPoteriocrinina(Jaekel 1918)
superfamilyAgassizocrinaceaMiller 1888
familyDecadocrinidaeBather 1890
genusDecadocrinusWachsmuth and Springer 1879
speciesspinulifer

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.

Decadocrinus spinulifer Laudon 1936
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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: Givetian or 387.95000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Iowa) Decadocrinus spinulifer (type locality: 123302)