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Cibolocrinus spinosus

Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Mespilocrinidae

Taxonomy
Cibolocrinus spinosus was named by Moore and Strimple (1973). It is not extant. Its type specimen is SUI 33066 (dorsal cup). Its type locality is Keough Quarry (Station 296), which is in a Morrowan marine limestone in the Morrow Formation of Oklahoma.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Cibolocrinus spinosus Moore and Strimple

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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)
superorderFlexibilia(Zittel 1895)
orderSagenocrinidaSpringer 1913
superfamilyLecanocrinoidea()
familyMespilocrinidae
genusCibolocrinus
speciesspinosus

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.

Cibolocrinus spinosus Moore and Strimple 1973
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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: stationaryo
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 17:17:44
Modified: 2004-02-28 19:17:44
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Morrowan or 323.20000 to 318.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) Cibolocrinus spinosus (type locality: 90795)