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Cactocrinus
Taxonomy
Cactocrinus was named by Wachsmuth and Springer (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-u C Vise-l Sepkoski's reference number: 986]. It is not extant. Its type is Actinocrinus proboscidialis. It is the type genus of Cactocrininae.
It was assigned to Cactocrininae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Monobathrida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Cactocrininae by Ubaghs et al. (1978); and to Monobathrida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1897 | Cactocrinus Wachsmuth and Springer |
| 1978 | Cactocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T458 |
| 2002 | Cactocrinus Sepkoski |
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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. †Cactocrinus Wachsmuth and Springer 1897
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†Cactocrinus multibrachialis Hall 1858
†Cactocrinus proboscidialis Hall 1858
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Osagean or 358.90000 to 343.00000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kinderhookian | Canada (Alberta) | C. imperator, C. arnoldi, C. sp., C. kuenzii (8610) | |
| Kinderhookian - Osagean | USA (Utah) | C. arnoldi (5756) | |
| Carboniferous | USA (Montana) | C. sp. (12771) | |
| Osagean | USA (New Mexico) | C. proboscidialis (235910 235911 235917 235923) C. proboscidialis, C. multibrachialis (235905) |