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Hypselocrinus defendus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Scytalocrinidae

Taxonomy
Hypselocrinus defendus was named by Washburn (1968). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BYU 1496 (dorsal cup). Its type locality is Bridal Veil Falls Trail, which is in a Morrowan/Wolfcampian marine limestone in the Oquirrh Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Hypselocrinus defendus Washburn

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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
familyScytalocrinidaeMoore and Laudon 1943
genusHypselocrinus
speciesdefendus

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.

Hypselocrinus defendus 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, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

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

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan - Wolfcampian323.4 - 286.0USA (Utah) Hypselocrinus defendus (type locality: 124620 124622)