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Cleiocrinus

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Cleiocrinidae

Taxonomy
Cleiocrinus was named by Billings (1857) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde-u O Cara-m Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is not extant. Its type is Cleiocrinus regius. It is the type genus of Cleiocrinidae.

It was assigned to Diplobathrida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cleiocrinidae by Ausich (1998) and Cole et al. (2018).

Species
C. lepidotus, C. regius (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. bromidensis, C. springeri, C. tessellatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Cleiocrinus Billings
1998Cleiocrinus Ausich p. 24
2002Cleiocrinus Sepkoski
2018Cleiocrinus Cole et al. p. 497

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderDiplobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
superfamilyRhodocrinitoideaRoemer 1855
familyCleiocrinidaeMiller
genusCleiocrinusBillings 1857

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. †Cleiocrinus Billings 1857
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†Cleiocrinus lepidotus Cole et al. 2018
†Cleiocrinus regius Billings 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:32:25
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:32:43
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Chatfieldian or 457.30000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Virginia) C. tessellatus (34224 34235 34237 34241 34243 34244 34245 34246)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) C. regius (195625)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) C. bromidensis (24102 73277) C. regius (23990) C. sp. (24101 24103)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) C. tessallatus (5331) C. tessellatus, Cleiocrinus indet. columnals (195667) C. tessellatus, C. springeri (195670)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) C. sp. (23404)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa, Illinois) C. sp. (23474)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) C. sp. (401)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) C. sp. (26263)
Katian453.0 - 445.2USA (Iowa) C. regius (138446)
Katian453.0 - 445.2Canada (Ontario) C. lepidotus, C. regius (192278) C. regius (180117) C. sp. (228229) C. sp., C. lepidotus, C. regius (192276)