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Plicatocrinidae

Crinoidea - Cyrtocrinida - Plicatocrinidae

Taxonomy
Plicatocrinidae was named by Zittel (1879). Its type is Plicatocrinus.

It was assigned to Cyrtocrinidia by Jäger (1995); and to Plicatocrinoidea by Hess and Messing (2011).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Plicatocrinidae Zittel
1995Plicatocrinidae Jäger p. 12
2011Plicatocrinidae Hess and Messing p. 194

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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
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderCyrtocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1953
suborderCyrtocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
superfamilyPlicatocrinoideaZittel 1879
familyPlicatocrinidaeZittel 1879
familyPlicatocrinidaeZittel 1879

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.

Fm. †Plicatocrinidae Zittel 1879
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G. †Plicatocrinus Muenster 1839
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Plicatocrinus hexagonus Muenster 1839
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Invalid names: Plicatocrinus pentagonus Muenster 1839 [synonym]
G. †Sacariacrinus Nicosia 1991
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Sacariacrinus altineri Nicosia 1991
Sacariacrinus amadei Hess and Thuy 2017
Sacariacrinus deslongchampsi de Loriol 1882
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 16:27:36
Modified: 2004-02-28 18:27:36
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Aalenian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 174.70000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Aalenian192.9 - 170.9France Sacariacrinus amadei (197653)
Middle Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany Plicatocrinidae indet. (139786)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Plicatocrinus fraasi (154138)