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Zenocrinus zeus

Crinoidea - Sagenocrinida - Dactylocrinidae

Taxonomy
Zenocrinus zeus was named by Moore and Strimple (1973). It is not extant. Its type specimen is SUI 35487 (dorsal cup). Its type locality is Canyon Creek (Loc. 12), which is in a Morrowan marine limestone/sandstone in the Bloyd Formation of Oklahoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Zenocrinus zeus 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
superfamilySagenocrinoidea(Bassler 1938)
familyDactylocrinidaeBather 1899
genusZenocrinus
specieszeus

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.

Zenocrinus zeus 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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Morrowan or 323.40000 to 318.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) Zenocrinus zeus (type locality: 128689)