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Pterinocrinus

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Pterinocrinidae

Taxonomy
Pterinocrinus was named by Goldring (1923) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi D Fras]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dimerocrinitidae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); to Diplobathrida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pterinocrinidae by Cole (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Pterinocrinus Goldring
1978Pterinocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T434
2002Pterinocrinus Sepkoski
2018Pterinocrinus Cole

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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
familyPterinocrinidaeMcIntosh 1987
genusPterinocrinusGoldring 1923

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. †Pterinocrinus Goldring 1923
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Late/Upper Emsian or 410.62000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Argentina (Jachal) P. australis (39230)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany P. diensti, P. ehrlicheri (26904)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47France (Alsace) P. tenuibrachiatus, P. sp. (40505)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Spain P. decembrachiatus (223347)