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Ctenocrinus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida - Melocrinitidae

Taxonomy
Ctenocrinus was named by Bronn (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ludl D Eife]. It is not extant.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Ctenocrinus Bronn
1858Mariacrinus Hall p. 278
1978Ctenocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T492
2002Ctenocrinus 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
superfamilyMelocrinitacead'Orbigny 1852
familyMelocrinitidae(Wachsmuth and Springer)
genusCtenocrinusBronn 1840

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. †Ctenocrinus Bronn 1840
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Invalid names: Mariacrinus Hall 1858 [synonym]
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 Llandovery to the top of the Eifelian or 443.10000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Ontario) Mariacrinus sp. (444)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Indiana) C. granulosus (26771)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (West Virginia) Mariacrinus stoloniferus (26695)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (Victoria) C. paucidactylus (39121 39124) C. paucidactylus, C. stellifer, C. signatus (39125) C. sp. (39122) C. stellifer (39127 39128)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (New York) C. nobilissimus, C. pachydactylus (26690) C. stoloniferus (26851) Mariacrinus stoloniferus (26694)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Australia (New South Wales) C. solus (40026)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany C. malcontractus (26904) C. malcontractus, C. typus (74300)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Bolivia Crinoidea indet. 2 (139937) C. pirovanoi (140174)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Brazil (Para) C. sp. (37137)