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Blairocrinus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Actinocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Blairocrinus was named by Miller (1891) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l C Tour-u Sepkoski's reference number: 986]. It is not extant.

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

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Blairocrinus Miller
1978Blairocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T455
2002Blairocrinus 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
genusBlairocrinusMiller 1891

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. †Blairocrinus Miller 1891
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Blairocrinus macurdai Rhenberg and Kammer 2013
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 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 Osagean to the top of the Tournaisian or 352.00000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Kentucky) B. protuberatus (65685 65691)
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (New Mexico) B. macurdai (235903 235904 235906 235910 235911 235912 235914 235915)