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Balanocrininae

Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Balanocrininae Roux
1985Balanocrininae Jäger p. 117
2010Balanocrininae Hess and Gale p. 435
2011Balanocrininae Hess and Messing p. 56
2012Balanocrininae Hess p. 220

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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
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderIsocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1952
suborderIsocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
familyIsocrinidaeGislén 1924
subfamilyBalanocrininaeRoux 1981
subfamilyBalanocrininaeRoux 1981

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.

Subfm. †Balanocrininae Roux 1981
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G. †Balanocrinus Agassiz 1847
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†Balanocrinus cubensis Sanchez Roig 1926
†Balanocrinus dumortieri de Loriol 1887
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Invalid names: Pentacrinus pentagonalis Goldfuss 1871 [synonym]
†Balanocrinus gillieroni Loriol 1879
†Balanocrinus inornatus d'Orbigny 1850
†Balanocrinus moniliferus Munster 1831
†Balanocrinus pacomei de Loriol 1887
†Balanocrinus pentagonalis Goldfuss 1831
†Balanocrinus senonensis Valette 1917
†Balanocrinus smithi Hess and Gale 2010
†Balanocrinus subsulcatus Munster 1831
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Invalid names: Pentacrinites subteroides Quenstedt 1858 [synonym], Pentacrinus liasinus d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym]
†Balanocrinus subteres Munster 1831
†Balanocrinus valettei Collignon 1931
Invalid names: Margocrinus [synonym], Terocrinus [synonym]
G. †Laevigatocrinus Klikushin 1979
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†Laevigatocrinus laevigatus Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Pentacrinus venustus Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
G. †Papacrinus Roux and Philippe 2021
G. †Percevalicrinus Klikushin 1977
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†Percevalicrinus beaugrandi de Loriol 1875
Invalid names: Picteticrinus de Loriol 1875 [replaced]
G. †Singularocrinus Klikushin 1982
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†Singularocrinus singularis Klikushin 1982
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2014-09-12 15:03:18
Modified: 2014-09-12 15:03:18
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Donovan 1994, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 244.24000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (106 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464New Zealand Laevigatocrinus balmacaanensis (60863 60990 60991)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464China (Guizhou) Balanocrinus sp. (31611 31613 31616 31617 31618 31619 31620 31621 31622 31623 31624 31625 31626 31627 31628 31629 31631 31632)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Iran Balanocrinus sp. (97874)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Pentacrinus laevigatus (137429)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Slovenia Laevigatocrinus subcrenatus (85173 85175 85177)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Canada (British Columbia) Balanocrinus sp. (67003)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Iran Balanocrinus sp. (41330)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7United Arab Emirates Balanocrinus subteroides (101400)
Oxynotum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Somerset) Balanocrinus quiaiosensis (159469 159470 159473 159474)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Somerset) Balanocrinus quiaiosensis (159478)
Raricostatum - Spinatum199.5 - 184.2Germany Balanocrinus subsulcatus (162047)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2Germany Balanocrinus subsulcatus, Balanocrinus moniliferus (162031)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Balanocrinus subteroides (204128)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Germany Balanocrinus subsulcatus, Balanocrinus moniliferus (41115 162030)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Germany Balanocrinus moniliferus (162037) Balanocrinus subsulcatus (162029)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Balanocrinus gracilis (204120)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Germany Balanocrinus subsulcatus (162035 162042)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Balanocrinus subteroides (204124)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom Balanocrinus solenotis (213638 213639 213640)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Switzerland Balanocrinus subteroides (58314)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France Balanocrinus gracilis (106348)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany Balanocrinus moniliferus (162038 162039 162040 162041) Balanocrinus subsulcatus (41118 41119 162036 162048)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian192.9 - 182.9Switzerland Balanocrinus subteroides (58315)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Switzerland Balanocrinus subteroides (58316)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom Balanocrinus donovani (213658 213673)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2France Balanocrinus sp. (34718)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian168.6 - 165.3France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Balanocrinus dumortieri, Balanocrinus pacomei, Balanocrinus inornatus (225718)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Balanocrinus dumortieri (225720) Balanocrinus dumortieri, Balanocrinus pacomei, Balanocrinus inornatus (225715)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland Balanocrinus berchteni (141289) Balanocrinus sp. (141292)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland Balanocrinus berchteni (141279) Balanocrinus berchteni, Balanocrinus sp. (141277)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland Balanocrinus sp. (141284)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Poland Balanocrinus subteres (219076)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia Balanocrinus sp. (45539 47875)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany (Brandenburg) Balanocrinus pentagonalis (32016)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Balanocrinus dumortieri, Balanocrinus inornatus (225719)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5France (Rhone-Alpes) Balanocrinus dumortieri (114540)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Ukraine Margocrinus modestus, Balanocrinus subteres, Balanocrinus dumortieri (67868)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Balanocrinus pentagonalis (62046)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Balanocrinus pentagonalis (12978 61718)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Balanocrinus pentagonalis (62045) Balanocrinus subteres (58568)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Balanocrinus sp. (62713) Balanocrinus subterense (62708 62710 62711 62715) Balanocrinus subteres (163585)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Morval) Balanocrinus sp. (154226)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Balanocrinus sp. (13116)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Romania Balanocrinus sp. (35198)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Switzerland Balanocrinus pentagonalis (61723)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France Balanocrinus sp. (13033 13115)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Balanocrinus subteres (91906)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Saudi Arabia Balanocrinus sp. (45691)
Early/Lower Tithonian - Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland (Silesian Voivodeship) Balanocrinus subteres (239383)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Austria Balanocrinus sp., Margocrinus pentagonalis (151441)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Poland Balanocrinus subteres, Balanocrinus gillieroni (213408)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Hungary (Baranya) Balanocrinus subteres (213707)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Hungary (Baranya) Balanocrinus subteres (213708)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Poland (Lesser Poland) Balanocrinus subteres, Balanocrinus gillieroni (213664)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Drôme) Percevalicrinus sp. (75576)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) Balanocrinus smithi (161933)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Cuba Balanocrinus cubensis (91130)