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Sostronocrinidae

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Sostronocrinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Sostronocrinidae Lane et al. p. 1069

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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
superfamilyScytalocrinacea
familySostronocrinidae
familySostronocrinidae

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. †Sostronocrinidae Lane et al. 2001
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G. †Haertocrinus Moore and Plummer 1940
G. †Sostronocrinus Strimple and McGinnis 1969
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Sostronocrinus minutus Lane et al. 1997
Sostronocrinus mundus Whidborne 1898
Sostronocrinus quadribrachiatus Waters et al. 2003
Sostronocrinus superbus Strimple and McGinnis 1969
G. †Tundracrinus Yakovlev 1928
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
N. G. Lane et al. 2001Cup with infrabasals visible in side view, radial facets plenary; primibrachial 2 typically axillary, rarely primibrachials 1, 3, or 4 axillary; with one additional higher bifurcation in each half ray; three anal plates in cup; column round; articulation between columnals homeomorphic or heteromorphic.
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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Famennian to the top of the Kungurian or 372.15000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86China (Xinjiang) Sostronocrinus quadribrachiatus (124085)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Venezuela (Merida) Haertocrinus sp. (41505)