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Aglaocrinus compactus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Cromyocrinidae

Taxonomy
Aglaocrinus compactus was named by Moore and Plummer (1940). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Aglaocrinus compactus Moore and Plummer

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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
superfamilyCromyocrinoidea(Bather 1890)
familyCromyocrinidae
genusAglaocrinusStrimple 1961
speciescompactusMoore and Plummer 1940

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.

Aglaocrinus compactus Moore and Plummer 1940
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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: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Rusavkinian or 303.70000 to 287.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rusavkinian303.7 - 287.6USA (Nebraska) Aglaocrinus compactus (124407)
Rusavkinian303.7 - 287.6USA (Iowa) Aglaocrinus compactus (124436 124485)