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Clonocrinus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Clonocrinidae

Taxonomy
Clonocrinus was named by Quenstedt (1876) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl S Ludl]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Clonocrinidae.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Clonocrinus Quenstedt
1978Clonocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T496
2002Clonocrinus 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
suborderGlyptocrininaMoore 1952
superfamilyEucalyptocrinitaceaRoemer 1855
familyClonocrinidaeBather 1899
genusClonocrinusQuenstedt 1876

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. †Clonocrinus Quenstedt 1876
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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 17:13:32
Modified: 2009-10-09 13:32:16
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Wenlock to the top of the Helderbergian or 432.90000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7USA (Illinois) C. chicagoensis, C. niagarensis, C. sp. (26770) C. sp. (26703 26704)
Helderbergian419.62 - 393.47Italy C. sp. (26206)