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Blastoidocrinus

Parablastoidea - Blastocystidae

Taxonomy
Blastoidocrinus was named by Billings (1859).

It was assigned to Parablastoidea by Hudson (1907), Sepkoski (2002); and to Blastocystidae by Sprinkle and Sumrall (2008).

Species
B. carchariaedens, B. nevadensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. expansa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Blastoidocrinus Billings
1907Blastoidocrinus Hudson
2002Blastoidocrinus Sepkoski
2008Blastoidocrinus Sprinkle and Sumrall p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
orderParablastoideaHudson 1907
familyBlastocystidaeJaekel 1918
genusBlastoidocrinusBillings 1859

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. †Blastoidocrinus Billings 1859
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†Blastoidocrinus nevadensis Sprinkle 1973
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:33:01
Modified: 2004-02-29 13:33:01
Source: o = order, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Blackhillsian to the top of the Whiterockian or 475.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Idaho) B. carchariaedens (103789)
Blackhillsian475.3 - 471.3USA (Utah) B. carchariaedens (103785)
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Utah) B. carchariaedens (103916 104061) B. sp. (103787)
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Idaho) B. carchariaedens (103788)
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Nevada) B. nevadensis (119435 183606)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3USA (New York) B. carchariaedens (172180 172336) B. expansa (56215)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) B. carchariaedens (172200 172209 172350 172351 197279) B. sp. (305 311 435 80006)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Utah) B. carchariaedens (103908 103911)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) B. nevadensis (80073) B. sp. (80078)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (California) B. carchariaedens (119483 205397)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2USA (Nevada) B. sp. (226922 226923)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8Canada (Quebec) B. carchariaedens (182449 182450 182451 182452)
Sandbian458.2 - 452.8USA (New York) B. carchariaedens (179816)