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Siphonocrinus

Crinoidea - Diplobathrida - Lampterocrinidae

Taxonomy
Siphonocrinus was named by Miller (1888) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lampterocrinidae by Witzke and Strimple (1981); and to Diplobathrida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Siphonocrinus Miller
1981Siphonocrinus Witzke and Strimple p. 112
2002Siphonocrinus 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
superfamilyDimerocrinitaceavon Zittel 1879
familyLampterocrinidaeBather 1899
genusSiphonocrinusMiller 1888

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. †Siphonocrinus Miller 1888
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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 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Ludlow or 438.60000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7USA (Iowa) S. nobilis (13356)
Silurian - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7USA (Illinois) S. nobilis (13355)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Oklahoma) S. sp. (528)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (Iowa) S. nobilis (24963 24968 26708)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.6 - 430.6USA (Iowa) S. nobilis (26715 26768 26769)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Wisconsin) S. nobilis (13353 26815)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Iowa) S. nobilis (26702) S. sp. (25032)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Illinois) S. nobilis (26704 26705 26709 26770 26816)
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Wisconsin) S. nobilis (26701) S. nobilus (26707)
Wenlock - Silurian432.9 - 419.62USA (Wisconsin) S. armosus, S. nobilis, S. sp. indet. (13069 13075 13104)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Oklahoma) S. dignus (26823)