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Chinacrinus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Platycrinitidae

Taxonomy
Chinacrinus was named by Lane and Waters (1997) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1247]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Platycrinitidae by Lane et al. (1997).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Chinacrinus Lane et al.

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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
suborderGlyptocrininaMoore 1952
superfamilyPlatycrinitaceaAustin and Austin 1843
familyPlatycrinitidaeBassler 1938
genusChinacrinusLane and Waters 1997

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. †Chinacrinus Lane and Waters 1997
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Chinacrinus xinjiangensis Lane et al. 1997
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: Famennian or 372.20000 to 358.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9China (Xinjiang) C. nodosus (3565 124044) C. sp. (3564) C. sp. A, C. sp. B, C. sp., C. xinjiangensis (3561) C. xinjiangensis (124085)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Mongolia (Hovd) C. xinjiangensis (222971)