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Galateacrinidae

Crinoidea - Galateacrinidae

Taxonomy
Galateacrinidae was named by Knapp (1969). It is not extant. Its type is Galateacrinus.

It was assigned to Texacrinacea by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Arendt (1981), Pabian and Rushlau (2002); and to Texacrinoidea by Webster and Webster (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Galateacrinidae Knapp
1978Galateacrinidae Ubaghs et al. p. T737
1981Galateacrinidae Arendt p. 79
2002Galateacrinidae Pabian and Rushlau
2012Galateacrinidae Webster and Webster

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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
superorderCyathoformes
superfamilyTexacrinoidea(Strimple 1961)
familyGalateacrinidaeKnapp 1969
familyGalateacrinidaeKnapp 1969

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. †Galateacrinidae Knapp 1969
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G. †Miatshkovocrinus Arendt 1981
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Miatshkovocrinus trautscholdi Yakovlev and Ivanov 1956
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available