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Nucleocrinidae

Blastoidea - Nucleocrinida - Nucleocrinidae

Taxonomy
Nucleocrinidae was named by Bather (1899). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Spiraculata by Beaver et al. (1967); and to Nucleocrinida by Waters and Horowitz (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Nucleocrinidae Bather p. 920
1967Nucleocrinidae Beaver et al. p. S432
1993Nucleocrinidae Waters and Horowitz p. 211

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
superorderSpiraculata(Jaekel 1918)
orderNucleocrinida
familyNucleocrinidaeBather 1899
familyNucleocrinidaeBather 1899

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. †Nucleocrinidae Bather 1899
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G. †Elaeacrinus Roemer 1851
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Elaeacrinus verneuili Troost 1841
G. †Nucleocrinus Conrad 1842
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Nucleocrinus bosei Sumrall et al. 2009
Nucleocrinus elegans Conrad 1842
Nucleocrinus obovatus Barris 1883
G. †Placoblastus Fay 1961
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Placoblastus obovatus Barris 1883
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 15:52:18
Modified: 2010-02-09 11:56:54
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Southwoodian to the top of the Tioughniogan or 393.47000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Missouri) Nucleocrinus verneuili (230503)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Ohio) Nucleocrinus verneuili (230500)
Southwoodian393.47 - 387.95USA (Indiana) Nucleocrinus verneuili (230505)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Indiana) Nucleocrinus angularis (11101)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (New York) Placoblastus sp. (91277 91278)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) Nucleocrinus elegans, Placoblastus obovatus (39830)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Missouri) Nucleocrinus verneuili (230501 230502)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Kentucky) Nucleocrinus bosei (211438)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Iowa) Nucleocrinus obovatus (230524)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Nucleocrinus sp. (10110) Placoblastus lucina (5659) Placoblastus sp. (9002 96210)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) Nucleocrinus elegans (38463 38464 38465)
Tioughniogan387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Placoblastus angularis, Placoblastus eriensis (230508)