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Actinocrinites

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Actinocrinites was named by Miller (1821) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-u C Mosc Sepkoski's reference number: 704]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Actinocrinitinae.

It was assigned to Actinocrinidae by Wanner (1924); to Actinocrinitidae by Webster (1987); to Actinocrinitinae by Ubaghs et al. (1978), Webster and Lane (1987) and Lane et al. (2001); and to Monobathrida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Actinocrinites Miller
1924Actinocrinus Wanner
1978Actinocrinites Ubaghs et al. p. T454
1987Actinocrinites Webster p. 99
1987Actinocrinites Webster and Lane p. 8
2001Actinocrinites Lane et al.
2002Actinocrinites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
RankNameAuthor
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderCompsocrininaUbaghs 1978
superfamilyPeriechocrinaceaBronn 1848
familyActinocrinitidaeAustin and Austin 1842
subfamilyActinocrinitinaeAustin and Austin 1842
genusActinocrinitesMiller 1821

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. †Actinocrinites Miller 1821
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†Actinocrinites anchorensis Webster and Lane 1987
†Actinocrinites batheri Whidborne 1896
†Actinocrinites permicus Wanner 1924
†Actinocrinites timoricus Wanner 1924
†Actinocrinites zhaoae Waters et al. 2003
†Actinocrinus copei Miller 1881
†Actinocrinus jugosus Hall 1859
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. D. Webster and N. G. Lane 1987Calyx low to moderately high, bowl- to cone-shaped, tegmen convex, bearing subcentral anal tube; basal circlet low, distal tips upflared, visible in lateral view, RR largest plates in theca, primanal in radial circlet followed by 2 plates; IIBr axillary, rarely 2 IIBrr per ray; fixed brachs commonly including IIIBr i to IIIBr 3 ; arms strongly grouped into protruding lobes, some lobes beginning with IIBrr or IIIBrr; free arms 4 or 6 per ray at thecal rim, in some branching distally, uniserial proximally, biserial distally; iIBr number variable, commonly 5 to 7 below ambulacral tracts, in contact with tegmenal plates distally; iIIBrr present or not; tegmenal plates small, undifferentiated; anal opening at distal end of slender anal tube. Stellate ridge and ray ornamentation common on theca, nodes or short blunt spines common on some tegmenal plates. Stem round; lumen pentalobate.
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 17:13:32
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:32:16
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Pridoli to the top of the Artinskian or 423.00000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Ukraine Actinocrinus nuchi (13873)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Czech Republic (Moravia) Actinocrinus sp. (5767)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Germany (Sauerland) Actinocrinus striatus (235126)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9China (Xinjiang) A. zhaoae (124044)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Mongolia (Hovd) A. sp. (222971)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0Australia (New South Wales) A. nodosus (75619)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) Actinocrinus sp. (132325)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Kentucky) A. eximius (65690) A. scitulus (65686 65687) A. scitulus, A. eximius (65685)
Ivorian - Chadian353.8 - 340.0Ireland A. elongatus (76501)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Alabama) A. jugosus (235973)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (New Mexico) Aryballocrinus tenuidiscus (235903 235912)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Iowa) A. lowei, A. pernodosus (37840) A. probolos, A. lowei (37838) A. probolos, A. lowei, A. pernodosus, A. jugosus, A. gibsoni (37839)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Tennessee) A. fewer ridges sp. (165240) A. jugosus (235972) A. spp., A. fewer ridges sp. (165239)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Indiana) A. gibsoni (2257) A. gibsoni, A. grandissimus (2455)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Kentucky) A. fewer ridges sp. (165204) A. fewer ridges sp., A. gibsoni (165194) A. gibsoni (6202 6203 6204 6205 165191 165192 165193 165195 165201) A. gibsoni, A. spp. (6206) A. jugosus (235957 235963 235964) A. sp. B (76447) A. spp. (165244)
Osagean - Chadian352.0 - 340.0USA (Kentucky) A. gibsoni (6201)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Kentucky) A. sp. (2677 2680 5869) A. sp. A (76446)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) A. gibsoni (2252 2439 2442 2445 2448) A. lobatus, A. lowei, A. gibsoni (2208)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) A. sp. (557 558 8067 8068 8070)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Kentucky) A. jugosus (37879)
Holkerian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (England) A. rotundatus (41284)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Iowa) A. pernodosus (37841)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Australia (New South Wales) Actinocrinus sp. (133349)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0China A. sp. (90770)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) A. sp. (95195)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Indonesia Actinocrinus timoricus (118268)