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Agelacrinites

Edrioasteroidea - Isorophida - Agelacrinitidae

Taxonomy
Agelacrinites was named by Vanuxem (1842) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give-l C Step-u Sepkoski's reference number: 318]. It is the type genus of Agelacrinitidae.

It was assigned to Agelacrinitidae by Regnéll (1966), Sumrall (1996); and to Isorophida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Agelacrinites Vanuxem
1966Agelacrinites Regnéll
1996Agelacrinites Sumrall p. 974
2002Agelacrinites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classEdrioasteroideaBillings 1858
orderIsorophida
familyAgelacrinitidaeClarke 1901
genusAgelacrinites

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.

G. †Agelacrinites Vanuxem 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Epibiont: yesc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:42:45
Modified: 2010-02-16 01:51:32
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Chatfieldian to the top of the Late/Upper Devonian or 453.80000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) A. sp. (23449)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) A. sp. (23454)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) A. sp. (23457)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) A. sp. (23402)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) A. sp. (185260)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) A. southworthi (38457)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86USA (Iowa) A. sp. (666)