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Anchicrinus planulatus

Crinoidea - Dendrocrinida - Laudonocrinidae

Taxonomy
Anchicrinus planulatus was named by Moore and Strimple (1973). It is not extant. Its type specimen is SUI 33284 (dorsal cup). Its type locality is East bank of Grand River abandoned quarry (Loc. 16), which is in a Morrowan marine limestone/shale in the Bloyd Formation of Oklahoma.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Anchicrinus planulatus 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)
Eucladida
superorderCyathoformes
orderDendrocrinida
superfamilyLophocrinoidea(Bather 1899)
familyLaudonocrinidaeMoore and Strimple 1973
genusAnchicrinusStrimple and Watkins 1969
speciesplanulatus

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.

Anchicrinus planulatus 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: 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Morrowan or 318.70000 to 318.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) Anchicrinus planulatus (128978 128985)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) Anchicrinus planulatus (type locality: 128679 128687)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Canada (Nunavut) Anchicrinus planulatus (90768)