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Ophiocrinus

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Rhodocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Ophiocrinus was named by Salter (1856) [Sepkoski's age data: D l]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Rhodocrinitidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Diplobathrida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Ophiocrinus Salter
1978Ophiocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T428
2002Ophiocrinus Sepkoski

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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
familyRhodocrinitidae(Roemer 1855)
genusOphiocrinusSalter 1856

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. †Ophiocrinus Salter 1856
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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: 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 et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 419.62000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (Victoria) O. nettae (39127)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47South Africa O. mariae (35581) O. stangeri (35578 35584 35590)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95South Africa O. stangeri (39146)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47South Africa O. stangeri (35600)