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Dimerocrinites

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Dimerocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Dimerocrinites was named by Phillips (1839) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ldov-u D Eife]. It is not extant. Its type is Dimerocrinites decadactylus. It is the type genus of Dimerocrinitidae.

It was assigned to Diplobathrida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dimerocrinitidae by Ausich (1998), Ausich and Copper (2010), Ausich and Cournoyer (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Dimerocrinites Phillips
1998Dimerocrinites Ausich p. 24
2002Dimerocrinites Sepkoski
2010Dimerocrinites Ausich and Copper p. 16
2019Dimerocrinites Ausich and Cournoyer

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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
superfamilyDimerocrinitaceavon Zittel 1879
familyDimerocrinitidaevon Zittel 1879
genusDimerocrinitesPhillips 1839

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. †Dimerocrinites Phillips 1839
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†Dimerocrinites elegans Springer 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Stem lengths of 30-100 cm according to Brett (1984), therefore upper level epifaunal.g
Created: 2009-10-09 11:33:58
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:35:02
Source: g = genus, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Lochkovian or 440.50000 to 413.02000 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Iowa) D. sp. (456 26711 26712 26713)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7USA (New York) D. sp. (26801)
Silurian - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7USA (Illinois) D. occidentalis, D. sp. (13355)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Canada (Québec) D. elegans (24416 24418)
Aeronian - Telychian440.5 - 432.9Canada (Québec) D. elegans (24412)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom D. pentlandicus (224104)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Québec) D. elegans (24420 24423 24424)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) D. elegans (202394 202395 202396)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (Iowa) D. hopkintonensis, D. sculptus (24963) D. sculptus (24968 26708) D. sp. (25015 25038 26717 26763)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.6 - 430.6USA (Iowa) D. hopkintonensis (26715) D. hopkintonensis, D. sculptus (26768) D. sp. (26810) D. sp., D. sculptus (26769)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6USA (Wisconsin) D. occidentalis, D. pentangularis (13069 13075)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Canada (Ontario) D. lilliformis (26855) D. sp. (26687)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Wisconsin) D. pentangularis, D. sp. (13353)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Indiana) D. occidentalis, D. carleyi (26787 26789 26792 26794) D. occidentalis, D. inornatus (26856) D. occidentalis, D. inornatus, D. carleyi (26778) D. sp. (26700 26771)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Iowa) D. sculptus (26702) D. sp. (25019 25032 25034)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (New York) D. lilliformis (13053) D. lockportensis (13338) D. sp. (541 12935 13047 13050 13052 26854)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Tennessee) D. occidentalis (26802) D. occidentalis, D. inornatus, D. carleyi, D. sp. (26788)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Wisconsin) D. sp. (26701 26707)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Illinois) D. pentangularis, D. occidentalis, D. sp. (26770) D. sp. (26704 26705 26709)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Iowa) D. pentangularis (26716)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Illinois) D. sp. (26861)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Tennessee) D. spp. (26786)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (New York) D. arborescens (26690)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia D. sp. (94439)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (Victoria) D. bispinosus (39125)