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Isocrinus knighti

Crinoidea - Isocrinida - Isocrinidae

Taxonomy
Isocrinus knighti was named by Springer (1909). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
I. granulosus, I. rollieri, I. stellatus, I. trechmanni, I. hanaii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Isocrinus knighti Springer pp. 180-190
1915Isocrinus knighti Clark and Twitchell p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
RankNameAuthor
—Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
—Eucladida
infraorderArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderIsocrinidaSieverts-Doreck 1952
suborderIsocrininaSieverts-Doreck 1952
familyIsocrinidaeGislén 1924
subfamilyIsocrininaeGislen 1924
genusIsocrinusvon Meyer 1836
speciesknighti

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.

†Isocrinus knighti Springer 1909
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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: 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: Donovan 1994, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Oxfordian or 168.30000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Oxfordian168.3 - 157.3USA (Wyoming) Isocrinus knighti (163478 163479)