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Globocrinus bulbus

Crinoidea - Ampelocrinida - Ampelocrinidae

Taxonomy
Globocrinus bulbus was named by Washburn (1968). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BYU 1488, a calyx (dorsal cup). Its type locality is Ridge west of Slide Canyon, which is in a Morrowan/Wolfcampian marine limestone in the Oquirrh Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Globocrinus.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Globocrinus bulbus Washburn

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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)
orderAmpelocrinida
familyAmpelocrinidaeKirk 1942
genusGlobocrinus
speciesbulbus

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.

Globocrinus bulbus Washburn 1968
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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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Morrowan to the top of the Wolfcampian or 323.40000 to 286.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan - Wolfcampian323.4 - 286.0USA (Utah) Globocrinus bulbus (type locality: 124622)