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Cytocrinus

Crinoidea - Monobathrida

Taxonomy
Cytocrinus was named by Roemer (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-l]. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Cytocrinus Roemer
1978Cytocrinus Ubaghs et al. p. T492
2002Cytocrinus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
RankNameAuthor
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassCamerataWachsmuth and Springer 1885
infraclassEucamerataCole 2017
orderMonobathridaMoore and Laudon 1943
suborderGlyptocrininaMoore 1952
superfamilyMelocrinitacead'Orbigny 1852
genusCytocrinusRoemer 1860

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. †Cytocrinus Roemer 1860
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Wenlock or 438.50000 to 427.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (Iowa) C. sp. (26763)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Indiana) C. sp. (26771)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Illinois) C. sp. (26770)