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Cosmocrinus polonicus

Crinoidea - Botryocrinidae

Taxonomy
Cosmocrinus polonicus was named by Gluchowski (2002). It is not extant. Its type specimen is GIUS−4−91/3 (Columnal). Its type locality is Kadzielnia Quarry, which is in a Famennian marine marl in Poland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Cosmocrinus polonicus Gluchowski

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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
ArticuliformesWright 2017
familyBotryocrinidaeBather 1899
genusCosmocrinusJaeckel 1898
speciespolonicus

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.

Cosmocrinus polonicus Gluchowski 2002
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Poland (Świętokrzyskie) Cosmocrinus polonicus (type locality: 124232 124234 124235 124236 124285)